With respect to their provincial opponents, the 2022 club championship for Ballygunner was not so much about retaining their Munster title as meeting Ballyhale Shamrocks in the All-Ireland semi-final on Sunday week to prove their late, late final win in February was no fluke.
Liam Cahill explains how Waterford reversed horrendous breaking ball stat in victory over Limerick
This NHL 1A game went to Waterford after a hard-fought 70 minutes, gaining some small measure of revenge for the All-Ireland defeat
Tempers flare between Limerick s Kyle Hayes and Conor Prunty of Waterford. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo
Sun, 23 May, 2021 - 20:34
Michael Moynihan, Walsh Park WATERFORD 1-22 LIMERICK 0-21
At or about the 38th minute at Walsh Park, Robbie Hanley met Jamie Barron head-on near the stand side of the field, a collision that was audible all around the stand. It sketched this Allianz Hurling League game in miniature: two teams keen to leave with the win, and neither in the mood to back down. Waterford ended with the points and a welcome boost ahead of the mid-league break; Limerick faced the road back with a couple of red cards and a second successive defeat to mull over.