John Fogarty: Hurling as much a game of stop as start

Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald. Pic: INPHO/James Lawlor

As they digest their demotion from hurling’s league elite, the question for Waterford manager isn’t where and how it went wrong. That much he and his group know.

Level with Clare at half-time, they were four points down within eight minutes of the restart. Two weeks ago, Cork were a point up at the turnaround but that lead jumped to 10 within 15 minutes. Against Wexford on Sunday, they reached the interval three ahead only to find themselves six behind less than 16 minutes into the new half.