PM O'Sullivan: Waterford's nerve, especially for a hurling culture that doubts itself, is the most valuable kind of verve

Waterford's hurlers created a new identity for themselves, the boyish wonders that did not blink down the home straight, as everything rattled but a crowd.

SPEED MERCHANT: The rampaging Calum Lyons of Waterford is tackled by Kilkenny's Paddy Deegan in Saturday's dramatic All-Ireland SHC semi-final at Croke Park in Dublin. 

November is not your usual month for seaside arcades but Kilkenny and Waterford, on a drear midwinter night, became pinball wizards.

The game joined in. Few hurling contests witnessed such reversals of fortune, such inversions of momentum.