Dan Shanahan: ‘We had six packs alright but they were in our gear-bags!’

Over 30 minutes in the company of Dan Shanahan and it’s clear one of the many things he will bring to the Waterford group this week is levity. Few are spared his withering wit.

Derek McGrath: “He lived the college life, lads, I’ll put it like that. I’ll leave your imagination run there.”

The 27-year-old Noel Connors: “I think Noel is still in college — I don’t know what he’s doing there but he’s still there!”