Mark Fitzgerald: 'We need to take more ownership, as players'

For Mark Fitzgerald it was a breakthrough year. Despite missing a few important training sessions and a warm-weather camp in Portugal due to his involvement with the county’s U20s, he played every minute of the seniors’ Championship campaign.

Mark Fitzgerald of Waterford during the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship match between Cork and Waterford. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

The Waterford hurlers have resolved to take more ownership of their own performances as they bid to right the wrongs of 2023.

Five losses in a row, without scoring a goal, put paid to the Déise’s League and Championship hopes before a dead-rubber victory over Tipperary concluded their summer on a brighter note.