Irresistible Déise’s red hot summer

For the 72,022 in attendance and those in the southeast corner of the country, the small print may not be as important as the headlines, so we’ll start with the big takeaway from yesterday’s game.

Waterford will go to their second All-Ireland final in half a century next month, having dismissed Cork by double digits in Croke Park. An evenly balanced game lurched decisively Waterford’s way when the Munster champions lost Damien

Cahalane to a second yellow card with the game entering the final quarter, and Waterford’s experience showed.