Kilkenny fall over the finish line to book semi-final date with Cork via IrishTimesSport
Replacements Alan Murphy and Shane Walsh also chipped in with points in that endgame, Waterford’s generally wasteful afternoon their ultimate undoing, They finished with 12 wides, eight in the first half.
Conditions were not good – no wind, though rainy throughout – still that hardly accounted for some of the repeated mishandling and plenty of misfiring too. The ground was unquestionably heavy too, players frequently getting stuck in their own moment of possession. Kilkenny picked up where they left off against Dublin last weekend, Drennan opening their account with a placed ball. From there to the break Kilkenny kept that slight advantage intact, certainly more productive when set against Waterford’s increasingly wasteful play.
Drennan’s third free just before the quarter hour put Kilkenny two up, 0-4 to 0-2, both teams still giving away possession like loose change. One of the more eventful moments of the half came on 18 minutes, when Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald was yellow-carded by match referee Liam Gordon for offensive language on the sideline.
After Patrick Curran miscued a couple of frees, Paudie Fitzgerald took over to some relief, scoring three before the break. Still, scores from play from Martin Keoghan and Darragh Corcoran helped keep Kilkenny in front, up 0-8 to 0-7 at half-time, at which point Waterford had already hit eight wides to Kilkenny’s two.
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