Déise hurlers wanted to play in Walsh Park, says McGrath

Derek McGrath has revealed the Waterford camp were strongly opposed to their home games being moved from Walsh Park but elected not to publicise their views.

The board deemed the Waterford city venue wasn’t available due to unfeasibly reduced capacity and made arrangements to stage their two games scheduled for Walsh Park against Tipperary and Cork in the Gaelic Grounds and Semple Stadium respectively.

Speaking during an extensive interview with the Irish Examiner to be published on Saturday, McGrath says he didn’t want the loss of home venue to be a negative.