Déise must take inspiration from Galway’s journey

As David Burke was finishing his speech last Sunday, I was making my way along the Hogan Stand touchline for a piece with RTÉ when I felt this urge to go over to the devastated Waterford players and management still out on the field, says Tony Browne.

I was shattered as well but I also felt desperately proud of them and wanted to thank Derek McGrath as manager and Kevin Moran as team captain and Brick Walsh as a good friend for the huge resilience they’d shown.

I won’t lie to you, four minutes in when Galway had already reeled off four points from four different scorers, the ghost of 2008 raced through my mind. “Oh, no, here we go again.” Then Brick won a ball, laid it off to Kevin and after his brilliant finish Waterford were back in the game and would stick with Galway right to the end, the way only a really gritty and united team could.