Pauric Mahony: There's no real correlation between what happens with Ballygunner and Waterford

A document entitled “Waterford Hurling Crisis” pointed out that there has been no evidence “in Waterford or in any other county where one club dominance proved the catalyst for inter-county success”.

GUNNING FOR GLORY: Pauric Mahony of Ballygunner, Waterford, pictured at the launch of this year's AIB Camogie All-Ireland Club Championships and the AIB GAA All-Ireland Club Championships. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

There is little or no association between Ballygunner’s success and Waterford’s demise in recent years, maintains Pauric Mahony.

In January last and feeling he had little more to give to the cause, the former Déise captain was the latest in a quartet of Gunners to step away from the inter-county scene at a relatively early age (30).