Davy Fitz: 'There’s a lot of trouble in our camp, isn’t there?'

The Waterford manager was entitled to his mischievous humour after Sunday's win over Cork.

Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald celebrates at the final whistle

Behold the madness that is the aftermath of a Big Match. The call was made over the loudspeaker minutes from the end of Sunday's tussle in Walsh Park for stewards to assume their end-of-match positions but stopping crowds on a day like this is like trying to catch rain.

They swarmed onto the sward from all angles and at all paces. For the home supporters this was a release from the fear, a declaration that Munster round robins don’t need to be prisons of hard borders and recriminations. They slapped players on the backs and shoulders and pleaded for autographs, and they buzzed around Davy Fitz like moths around a lamp.