■□■ View More Photos (Purchase these Photos from our store: www.munster-express.ie/photographs) Even for Waterford, this was something new. Over the past decade they’d treated us to just about every sight and sound and sensation imaginable, barring those associated with victory on the first Sunday of September. Last...
Author: Enda McEvoy
Waterford victims of pure perfection
Waterford victims of pure perfection
??? View Action Photos ??? View Crowd Photos Difficult piece to write. How can you buy Killarney? How do you solve a problem like Maria? And how do you even begin to try coping when you happen to be the team on the receiving end of the greatest and most awesome performance in the history of hurling? St Therese said...
Waterford outsiders – but with outstanding qualities
Waterford outsiders – but with outstanding qualities
??? Click to view our 48 page All Ireland Supplement We had just settled into our seats on what would prove to be a surprisingly unraucous train back from Heuston Station on the evening of August 17th when a Mount Sion clubman, making his way down the aisle, espied your correspondent. “Well, will we...
They’re underdogs yes, but Waterford have no excuses
They’re underdogs yes, but Waterford have no excuses
Not that you’re necessarily unaware of this and not that you’re likely to care one way or another, but pieces such as the one you’re reading right now are, for deadline purposes, usually written before the weekend. This particular offering, on the other hand, is being written shortly after midday on...
Not bad, not brilliant – but it’ll do for now
Not bad, not brilliant – but it’ll do for now
[View photos] Another fleeting half-time guest spot with WLR FM and this time a bold prediction. Waterford, your correspondent confidently asserted, would go on “and win by seven or eight points”. Not exactly what you’d call an inspired forecast, was it? Yet at the time it seemed a not unreasonable...
Waterford need to look in the mirror
Waterford need to look in the mirror
Well, that was disappointing, wasn’t it? Not the result but its manner. Not the defeat but its margin. Given the circumstances, given the list of injuries, given the fact that Waterford would have had to win two more games to retain their provincial title had they seen off Clare, the demise of the Munster...
Devastating Déise can go all the way
Devastating Déise can go all the way
I Travelled to the theatre of hurling dreams on Sunday with, among others, a ten-year-old chap from Melbourne. On the way back the thought occurred to enquire who his man of the match was, not least because it might make a handy line – even better, a handy intro – for this piece. He duly obliged, and...