The Waterford side won yesterday’s Munster semi-final against Doon by 0-25 to 0-20.
Fintan O'Toole WAS THERE A stage yesterday that Ballygunner ’s reign as Munster kingpins looked under threat?
Last weekend witnessed a series of seismic results across the club hurling landscape. All-Ireland champions St Thomas exited at the Galway semi-final stage. Last January’s Croke Park finalists O’Loughlin Gaels lost the Kilkenny decider.The focus in the Ballygunner camp never wavered, even as his team’s status as favourites for the All-Ireland hardened.
Coping with that range of challenges is impressive. Ballygunner are accustomed to the long gap between their Waterford county final wins and their Munster debuts. In the last three years they have also been drawn with quarter-finals, enjoying a 17-point margin of superiority in turn over Ballyea, Kilruane MacDonaghs, and Sarsfields.
Two of Ballygunner’s players stood out in that regard. In the opening three-quarters of the game, Dessie Hutchinson and Patrick Fitzgerald hit three between them. Over the final phase, they weighed in with a combined seven from play.
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