New year resolution for Ballygunner in change to recent Christmas tradition

Philip Mahony and the Waterford kingpins are looking forward to an All-Ireland decider in January.

EMBRACEABLE YOU: Ballygunner’s Aaron O' Neill and Philip Mahony celebrate after the game. Pic: INPHO/Grace Halton

A different sort of Christmas feel in Ballygunner. And no, we don’t mean the schedule of turkey sandwiches, training sessions, rinse and repeat.

Recent Christmases in Ballygunner have seen plates overflowing with regret. The idleness of the year’s final week presented far too much downtime to ruminate on another opportunity lost.