Waterford have failed to get a postponement of their All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Galway. The match goes ahead as scheduled at Croke Park next Sunday after Waterford's request for a postponement was turned down by the Games Administration Committee.

The Waterford board has, however, requested that the Munster Council conduct an investigation into several aspects of the Munster final replay in Thurles last Sunday. As Waterford consider the fall-out from their defeat by Clare, they will name their team for Sunday's match against Galway tonight.

Officers of the county board met the selectors and players in a private meeting on Monday and, yesterday, a brief statement was issued in regard to last Sunday's match. "Arising from the Munster hurling final replay last Sunday the officers of the Waterford county board are requesting the Munster Council to fully investigate the incidents which took place, specifically at the throw-in and the period leading up to the throw-in. Also the circumstances surrounding the booking of Tony Browne and the sending off of Micheal White."

Waterford intended to have a training session last night, but this was postponed and the players will meet tonight and the team will be named after a light training session.

The fitness of two key players, Sean Cullinane and Tony Browne, is causing considerable concern. Cullinane had to leave the field in the second half of the drawn match with a pulled hamstring and missed the replay as a result. He has an outside chance of being fit for Sunday's match.

Midfielder Tony Browne has a multiplicity of injuries after a torrid period early in last Sunday's match. He has severe bruising on an arm, shoulder and leg. Yesterday the secretary of the Waterford county board, Seamus Grant, said it took a very courageous performance by Browne to enable him to finish the match.

"The physio worked on him feverishly throughout the half-time break to try to ease his pain, but he (Browne) insisted that he be allowed to continue. He was Man of the Match in the drawn game and he was singled out for special attention in the replay.

"It was a performance of great bravery. Our problem now is to get the players in the right frame of mind for the match against Galway. We are not out of the championship yet and we are determined to make the most of the opportunity that we have worked so hard to get," Grant said. Meanwhile, Waterford captain Stephen Frampton has been named the GAA/Eircell All Stars Player of the Month for June. He was presented with his trophy at a function in Waterford on Monday.

The Waterford and Kerry boards have agreed to postpone their Munster minor football semi-final as a mark of respect to the late Bernie O'Callaghan. The match was scheduled for this evening, but will now be played tomorrow evening in Dungarvan at 7.0.