The new senior hurling championship will help them in that regard this year. In the last few years they would win two group games and be straight into a quarter final. They now have five group games to run their panel. A change in management should provide a clean slate there aswell. If they really, really wanted to they would win the Senior, Premier Intermediate and Junior A but they just overlap enough players to make sure it doesnāt happen.
A near full strength Sion beat their 2nd/3rd team combination in the league recently so there is no denying they are on the slide.
5 group games? Way too many.
Thereās a possibility of a team playing in the county final as their 9th game.
A good opening day win for Waterford in Walsh Park again for the 3rd time in 4 years. The trick now for Waterford is to pick up from anywhere the 2 points out of 6 that should secure advancement. In the previous 5 years of the round robin, apart from the 2 opening day wins in 2022 and 2024, Waterford also produced their most competitive performance of the campaigns in narrow Game 1 losses to Clare in 2018 and Limerick in 2023. In Games 2, 3 and 4 across 5 campaigns, the Waterford record from 15 games reads - 0 wins, 2 draws 13 losses.
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Nolan was outstanding infairness to him.
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After a shaky enough start he was very very good
Made an outstanding save in front of me in the second half when it looked a goal all over. Pure bravery. I donāt think think OāB has that in his locker.
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@Fagan_ODowd any advice for parking on Saturday evening? Avoid Rice bridge (as all the Limierckās might come that way?) and take the Meagher bridge into the city? Donāt mind a 30 minute walk to Walsh Pk
The bridge is a nightmare at the moment. I believe it was chaos yesterday with the Clare traffic. Thereās ongoing roadworks in Ferrybank which are causing a domino effect chaos.
Youād be as well to approach Waterford on the back road from Carrick-on-Suir. Come off for Piltown/Portlaw and head out towards Kilmeaden, youāll hit the ring road then.
Go in along the Cork Road as far as the RSC (Waterford soccer ground), swing a left at the roundabout there, up to a T-junction, right turn there and youāre on the hill up to Walsh Park. I always dump the car around there and if thereās no parking on the road, into one of the housing estates. 5-10 minute walk to the ground.
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Great thanks
Youād be as well to drive from Limerick to Portlaoise, come down to @Fitzy territory in Carlow via the M8/9 (add/delete as applicable), onto Bunclody, Enniscorthy, across to New Ross & over on the car ferry from Ballyhack to Waterford.
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Although iām coming from Kildare down the M9
The Bridge was a night mare yesterday. I parked up in Mount Sion yesterday as I had to get a ticket off of Powery and couldnāt get out of it for an hour and a half after because the traffic was backed up from the bridge because the Clare crowd were too mean to pay the toll on the bypass.
All the traffic was parked north of Walsh Park as far as I could see. So assuming the same on Saturday park south of Walsh Park. Coming down on the M9 go to the end of the M9 head for the city. At the next roundabout, the really major one take the third exit for the N25/Cork. Go through the toll bridge pay the ā¬2.30 toll and take the next exit left and go through the roundabouts until the one after Harvey Normanās/B&Q on your left, take the first exit there and head towards town until Maxol/Aldi on your left and RSC on your right. Take the first exit on the next roundabout. Then take a right and drive until you find a spot to park. Youāll be no more than 10 minutes walk from the ground. I usually park on Cannon St/Blakes Lane. Barrack St would be fine too.
Repeat the exercise in reverse on the way home.
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Conversely if Cork were playing in Walsh Park they would all park south of Walsh Park because they come in the N25 and go off of it at the exit before the toll bridge. And so the advice for a Cork game would be to come over the Bridge and park north of Walsh Park. Probably in Mount Sion.
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I was approaching from āSouth of Walsh Parkā as you said yesterday. I flew in. Negligible traffic. Got a parking spot on Matties Hill at the vets at 1.30. Five minute walk from there. Chaos on the other side was all I was hearing.
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I parked up at the Applegreen below the Cleaboy as Iād usually take in the Roanmore centre before hand, wasnāt five minutes getting out to the carraiganore roundabout afterwards.
Thought we were really godd for fifty odd minutes apart from the ten minutes either side of half time. Nolan was excellent in the goal that was a defining save he made from I think it was Rodgers when we were under pressure in the early 2nd half. Prunty dealt with high balls all day like biscuits to a bear but Reidy and Meehan got eight from play between them and we were caught for pace back there at times which is a worry going to the like of Cork later on. Mark Fitz is unbelievable. Turned over ball after ball and kept Duggan under wraps as much as was possible. TDB will come on for that game massively and Leavy did okay as a stopper (he to follow Adam English Saturday). Darragh Lyons monumental game for fifty minutes going forward but Ryan Taylor had joy there aswell, Kieran Bennett has lost all of his form and Jack Prender didnāt suit midfield either so not sure who plays there going forward. Barron, Bennett and Paddy Curran were all excellent, Mahony dogged and hard working as always. Dessie wonāt get as much individual attention Saturday either so needs to bring a bit more.
They can take Saturday as a free shot against a Limerick team who donāt really know their best 15. Weāve been in this position before and ended up not coming out of the group but a massive thing yesterday was no apparent injuries picked up.
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Prunty seemed to be holding his arm, wrist when leaving the field at full time yesterday.
Jack Prendergast was only back from injury. Surprised he was named and actually played. I heard dealing a back and a shoulder injury.
Think he was just struggling to take Shanagher back out of his pocket.
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City End/Sleavekeale ā East Terrace.
In relation to TV which side is this & do Waterford fans have an end they normally go to? Will I be surrounded 