Denis Walsh calls on Ballygunner players to fulfil Munster potential

Denis Walsh has challenged his Ballygunner players to exorcise their underachievers tag as they prepare to face Thurles Sarsfields in next Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final.

Ballygunner claimed their third consecutive senior county title yesterday, emulating their team of the 1960s (1966-68), but Walsh wants more in the provincial competition. They lost last year’s final to Na Piarsaigh.

“I’m only in for two of the three years and, in fairness, they had Fergal Hartley, who steadied the ship,” he said of the three-in-a-row. “I was brought in to move it on and I’m delighted. I bedded-in very quickly and, I suppose, a no-nonsense approach helped the cause and we drove on from there.