Dan Shanahan is wary of Offaly threat

Waterford selector Dan Shanahan is wary of the All-Ireland qualifier draw which pits the Déise against Offaly next weekend.

“I know people will be expecting us to win, but it’s a very tricky game for us,” said Shanahan yesterday.

“A couple of years ago we did well to get past them in a tough league game, and going back further again, to the league in 2010, we beat them by just three points in a game in Dungarvan.