'U20 gives players a chance figure things out for themselves' - O'Keeffe on benefits of access to talented youngsters

Waterford U20s have two players - Mark and Patrick Fitzgerald - involved with Davy Fitzgerald's seniors. 

YOUNG GUNS: Tipperary’s Jake Morris and Mark Fitzgerald of Waterford. Pic: ©INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Under old rules, the Waterford U20 hurlers would have guaranteed access to Mark and Patrick Fitzgerald for their opening three games of a Munster round-robin that throws-in on Wednesday evening. 

Beyond that, though, it would have become a disruptive waiting game of when exactly the pair would be lost to the county's senior set-up.