Few expected Waterford’s season to end as early as May 22, but opportunity knocked once it did.
Having entered the Championship tagged by many as the most likely to take Limerick down after storming to the League title impressively, Waterford’s campaign unravelled badly after two defeats to Cork and Clare, which left them second from bottom of the Munster table and out of the competition.
Carthach Daly, although hindered by injury, played in three of their four games and his was one of many of the Waterford players’ phones that was hopping the day after the Clare loss. He spent the next couple of months in Boston.