Gaelic Games

Championship 2014: Waterford

Manager: Niall Carew (2nd year).Titles: Munster 1 (1898); 0 All-Ireland.2014 league: Won a couple of matches and finished mid-table.Odds and Ends: All-Ireland 1,000/1 and Munster 400/1.Bookies say: Munster quarter-final and qualifier first round.What the bookies said in 2013: Munster semi-final and second-round qualifiers. 2013 championship: Lost Munster semi-final to Kerry, 1-4 to 4-21 and qualifier second round to Galway, 0-14 to 1-12.First outing: v Clare, Cusack Park, June 7/8th.

Waterford’s Liam O Lionain

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Seán Moran
Thu May 15 2014 - 12:23

The recent golden age looks to have passed. Last season’s championship was ended by a trimming from Kerry but they gave a great account of themselves in Galway, nearly springing the surprise of the summer. The league campaign was notable for unexpectedly skewering Leitrim’s promotion hopes and Liam Ó Lionáin continues to fight the good fight up front with Shane Aherne. Hard to see a way past Clare in Ennis, though.


Last good day: Defeated London in 2011 for a first win in qualifiers, against a side that had already created a stir by beating Fermanagh.

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