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The 42
25-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
'Every football team is still in Championship' - Queally calls for change to hurling structure
WATERFORD BOSS PETER Queally has called for a change to the hurling championship structure after his side suffered another early exit from the Liam MacCarthy competition. In what is the sixth edition of the round-robin format, Waterford have failed once again to qualify for the All-Ireland stage. The Déise needed a win over Cork to advance, but lost out by six points in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Speaking to the media after their defeat, Queally initially said it was 'hard to put a finger' on why Waterford have struggled to figure their way out of the round-robin system before he was asked if the current structure has been a contributing factor. '100%,' he replied. 'Clare are the reigning All-Ireland Champions. Remember, they were out of this Championship two weeks ago because [of] the results last week. [It's] the start in May. Every football team is still in the Championship. Advertisement 'We've been training in all the winter months. Now the ground is hard. We want to be hurling and we're gone out of the Championship. Clare are gone out of the Championship and every other team is nearly still in the Championship. 'I would like to see a change in structure where we're afforded a little bit of a chance to hurl during the summer when everyone wants to hurl and everyone wants to watch hurling, not in December, January and February.' Elaborating on his desire for change, he continued by offering a suggestion as to what that new format could look like. 'Maybe it's following suit with our football counterparts where you have your provincial championship and then you have your All-Ireland Series. I'm sure if you had a Championship [with] two groups of whatever, and you were across provinces, you can imagine the crowds that would go to a Wexford-Waterford game or a Kilkenny-Waterford game. 'I've had conversations with fellas who have decided to opt out because, 'I can give all this and I might not be able to hurl in the summer.' 'People are deciding not to play because of the amount of effort and training that's asked of them all through the winter months. Then you come up against three awesome hurling teams and you're putting away your hurley in the summer evenings when all you want to do is hurl.' Reflecting more closely on the match against Cork, Queally questioned some decisions in the first half which went against his side. One such call occurred in the seventh minute when Stephen Bennett was fouled after breaking through on goal. However, referee Johnny Murphy ruled that it was not a goal opportunity and did not award a penalty. Related Reads Goals from Hayes and Horgan help Cork storm into Munster final as Waterford exit Pat Ryan is walking a tightrope - and Cork's hurling year hangs in the balance Start spreading the news: New York hurlers are on their way for the Lory Meagher 'We'd have been very disappointed with a lot of the decisions in the first half that didn't go our way,' said Queally. 'Not making excuses about it. We had a strong breeze. We needed to be ahead in that game by five or six points. 'I know the way Johnny refs the game. He likes to let it go, but at the end of the day, in my opinion, a foul is still a foul. Whether you want it to be a man's game or not. There were times when I thought our lads were fouled. We didn't get the frees and we wouldn't be happy with that.' The first of Cork's two second-half goals arrived just after throw-in as the hosts turned over possession after a block down on Paddy Leavey which resulted in a Brian Hayes finish. Queally admitted that the score was a 'killer blow' but commended his team for how they responded. Waterford were eight points down after conceding the second goal to Patrick Horgan but reduced the gap to three at one stage before the contest petered out. 'That goal straight away had us four points down. It was a very, very strong breeze. 'But I never saw a head drop. They just kept plugging away. They kept working hard. Kept getting the scores. One or two more breaks if they went our way, it could have been a different story.'
Irish Daily Mirror
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Queally 'irritated' as Ryan demands better effort for Cork's Limerick return
Cork 2-25 Waterford 1-22 It may not be moving as smoothly as it was a few weeks back, but the Cork machine trundles on nonetheless. Five points from a possible eight, with their only defeat coming against the game's dominant force of recent years, is a decent return on the face of things, but there are various caveats to Cork's Munster round robin campaign. Their most impressive showing, by a distance, came in the first half against Clare but they allowed their huge lead to be reeled in in the second half and were relieved to emerge with a point in the end. They beat Tipperary well but that was against 14 men, while they were wiped out by Limerick. In this game, they never looked like losing it at any stage and laid the foundation for the victory with a gritty first half display when playing into a very strong wind a SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh. But they had 20 missed shots and got sloppy at times in the second half, leaving the door ajar for Waterford who, to their credit, stuck to their task when it appeared that they would be swamped. Not that that is any consolation to their manager Peter Queally as a campaign that promised much after an opening win over All-Ireland champions Clare ended in all too familiar fashion as Waterford once again failed to extend their season to June, making it the sixth time out of six that they haven't managed a top three finish in the Munster round robin. 'We had our hearts set on coming out of Munster this year and hurling for the summer,' said Queally. 'Unfortunately we've just come up short again so we're very much licking our wounds and disappointed.' Conor Prunty, captain for the day with Dessie Hutchinson dropped, won the toss and opted to play with the considerable elements in the first half and it looked a wise choice as they went 0-5 to 0-1 after 10 minutes, but Cork responded with three points in quick succession and didn't let Waterford away from them for the rest of the half. Waterford felt they should have had a black card/penalty call in their favour in the seventh minute when Stephen Bennett was brought down by a combination of Mark Coleman and Sean O'Donoghue, but referee Johnny Murphy only awarded a free. Bennett, perhaps, trying to over-compensate, went for goal but his effort was easily blocked. 'I thought we did a good hurling in the first half but I wouldn't have been happy with that,' said Queally. 'That was one decision. There were a number of decisions that would have really irritated us and I wouldn't be happy with that.' Shane Barrett put Cork in front for the first time a 0-10 to 0-9 in the 29th minute and they maintained that position to the break, when they held a 0-13 to 0-12 advantage. 'Delighted,' said Cork boss Pat Ryan of his side's half. 'We had a lot of turnovers. We probably weren't using the ball well enough and our efficiency wasn't good enough. 'From our point of view the attitude was where we wanted it to be. That was a huge improvement on last week.' Fifteen seconds after the restart, Brian Hayes netted the opening goal after Paddy Leavey was blocked down by Tim O'Mahony, who linked up with Darragh Fitzgibbon to present the St Finbarr's man with the opportunity. The anticipated Cork onslaught from there didn't materialise, however, as stayed in touch, though a second goal, this time by Horgan after Prunty broke a Ger Millerick delivery into Hayes's path, in the 48th minute helped push the lead out to eight points. But Stephen Bennett pulled one back with 12 minutes remaining and, within a minute, hit the butt of the Cork post, when another goal would have cut the lead to just a point. 'In fairness to the lads, they got off the canvas again and kept coming back,' Queally noted. 'We came back into it, a very good goal from Stephen. The crowd really got behind us, a bit of momentum and then the ball hit the butt of the post. Just very, very unfortunate. We had a lot of momentum at that stage.' They couldn't generate enough of it from there, with Jamie Barron flashing another goal effort wide, and Cork hit four of the last five points to move, if not march, into a Munster final. 'We want to win it,' said Ryan. 'We're not winning enough trophies. We're trying to put things to bed, stuff we haven't won. It is a huge day. We had a huge support up in Limerick the last day and we left them down. 'We are under no illusions the challenge that is ahead of us but it is up to ourselves to make sure we represent the jersey better than we did that day and the result will take care of itself.' CORK: Patrick COLLINS 6; Ger MILLERICK 7, Eoin DOWNEY 7, Seán O'DONOGHUE 8; Cormac O'BRIEN (0-1) 7, Ciarán JOYCE 7, Mark COLEMAN (0-1) 8; Tim O'MAHONY 7, Darragh FITZGIBBON (0-2, 0-1f) 7; Brian ROCHE 6, Shane BARRETT (0-3) 7, Séamus HARNEDY (0-3) 7; Patrick HORGAN (1-8, 0-8f) 6, Alan CONNOLLY (0-3) 7, Brian HAYES (1-1) 7. Subs: Diarmuid Healy (0-1) for Roche (48), Luke Meade for O'Mahony (60), Shane Kingston (0-1) for Connolly (62), Damien Cahalane for Millerick (63), Conor Lehane (0-1) for Horgan (70+3), Tommy O'Connell for O'Brien (70+5). WATERFORD: Billy NOLAN (0-1f) 6; Conor PRUNTY 8, Gavin FIVES 6, Ian KENNY 7; Tadhg DE BURCA 6, Mark FITZGERALD (0-1) 7, Kieran BENNETT (0-1) 6; Darragh LYONS 7, Paddy LEAVEY 6; Michael KIELY (0-2) 7, Jamie BARRON (0-1) 6, Jack PRENDERGAST (0-2) 7; Seán WALSH (0-3) 7, Stephen BENNETT (1-7, 0-7f) 6, Patrick FITZGERALD (0-3) 7. Subs: Dessie Hutchinson (0-1) for Leavey (41), Kevin Mahony for Fitzgerald (51), Shane Bennett for Lyons (52), Austin Gleeson for Walsh (60). REFEREE: Johnny Murphy (Limerick). QUOTE ME ON THAT 'I thought there was a lot of twisted stuff around it. If I could find a better word I'd find it, but I thought there was a lot of twisted stuff around it.' Cork manager Pat Ryan on the hype around his side. STAR MAN - Mark Coleman (Cork) There wasn't a swathe of contenders on what was a rather uninspiring game in a Munster Championship that has flattered to deceive - but Coleman was consistently efficient throughout. AN OTHER - Séamus Harnedy (Cork) A mixed afternoon for the Cork stalwart. Scored 0-3 and processed much ball in the first half as Cork played into the wind, but also coughed up four wides. UP NEXT CORK: Limerick (a), June 7. WATERFORD: Season ends.
Irish Examiner
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Waterford boss Queally questions referee decisions in defeat to Cork
Waterford manager Peter Queally questioned a number of decisions made by Johnny Murphy as the county again failed to emerge from the round-robin staging of the Munster championship. In all six years of the format, The Déise have fallen short and Queally has called for a change as Joe McDonagh Cup finalists Laois and Kildare enter the championship and the likes of Clare and Waterford drop out. Asked if the structure was unfair, he responded: '100%. Clare are the reigning All-Ireland champions. Remember, they were out of this championship two weeks ago because the results of last week. Every football team in Ireland is still in the championship. 'We've been training since October. Don't say that too loudly because we're not meant to be. We've been training in all the winter months. It's now the ground is hard. We want to be hurling and we're gone out of the championship. Clare are gone out of the championship and every other team is nearly still in the championship. 'I would like to see a change in structure where we're afforded a little bit of a chance to hurl during the summer when everyone wants to hurl and everyone wants to watch hurling, not in December, January and February.' Queally revealed some players had turned down the chance to play for Waterford because they were not guaranteed to play in the best weather months. 'I've had conversations with fellas who have decided to opt out because of, 'Well, I can give all this and I might not be able to hurl in the summer.' 'People are deciding not to play because of the amount of effort and training that's asked of them all through the winter months. Then you come up against three awesome hurling teams and you're putting away your hurley in the summer evenings when all you want to do is hurl. 'We all want the cut and thrust of the Munster championship. We don't want to take from that. Maybe it's following our football counterparts where you have your provincial championship and then you have your All-Ireland series. 'I'm sure if you had a championship, two groups of whatever, and you were cross-provinces, you can imagine the crowds that would go to a Wexford-Waterford or a Kilkenny-Waterford game. Maybe there is something there in that.' Queally contested calls made by Murphy in the opening half such as a penalty not given to Stephen Bennett. 'We'd have been very disappointed with a lot of the decisions in the first half that didn't go our way.' He continued: 'Look, I know the way Johnny refs the game. He likes to let it go, but at the end of the day, in my opinion, a foul is still a foul. Whether you want it to be a man's game or not. There were times when I thought our lads were fouled.' Still, Queally took great pride in the performance given by his men. 'People are coming in here wondering about Cork's credentials. I'd like to think that we tested Cork's credentials today and we gave everything we had.'
The Irish Sun
19-05-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Peter Queally admits Waterford ‘won't be given a chance' against Cork but urges them not to ‘feel sorry for ourselves'
PETER QUEALLY insists Waterford can not afford to feel sorry for themselves ahead of a do-or-die clash with Cork on Sunday. Following their nine-point defeat to Tipperary, the Déise boss reckons they will be written off heading to Leeside. 2 Waterford lost to Tipperary in a critical Munster hurling championship match Credit: Ray McManus/Sportsfile 2 Peter Queally urged Waterford not to feel sorry for themselves Credit: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile But he is backing his players to produce against the odds. Queally said: 'A win next week will get us through. That's what we need to be mindful of now. 'There's no point feeling sorry for ourselves. 'I know that we won't be given a chance. Read More on GAA 'In fairness to these lads — I know them long enough — when their backs are to the wall, they have produced in the past. 'Hopefully that will be the case again. The hurling will look after itself. It's just trying to get the lads' heads up and tuned in to next week. 'We're still in this Championship. We just have to refocus on next week. The difference next week is Cork will be in the same boat as us. 'They only have seven days to turn around as well. So there's still a lot to play for.' Most read in Sport Waterford levelled matters in the 50th minute through a Stephen Bennett point. But they wilted in the final quarter with the Premier having too much. And boss Queally identified areas where they need to improve. Inside Lee Chin's life including day job as Wexford forward even stars during RTE GAA ad breaks with Johnny B He admitted: 'They killed us with the long, high balls. Their defenders were excellent in the air and they were very good on breaks too. 'We have to work on our puckouts. We have to work on our shooting. 'It would have been disappointing to miss them opportunities and allow Tipperary to get a foothold in the game. 'Our discipline might have let us down at times. We would have conceded a lot of frees. 'It's another area that we just need to zone in on now in the coming week.' BIG CALL Queally was asked about a potential penalty call involving Kevin Mahony. But referee Seán Stack spotted the foul outside the box, rather than inside of it. He replied: 'I'd have to see it back now. It was a good bit away from where I was standing. 'Having said that, we probably rode our luck ourselves a couple of times where there might have been black cards or penalties as well. 'We've no real complaints in relation to the referee or decisions or anything.' BROKEN RECORD Bennett surpassed Paul Flynn's all-time Championship scoring record for Waterford with his first-minute goal. But Queally said: 'I'd say it's scant consolation to him. He's as despondent as anyone else. 'It would've been a nice little thing to celebrate if the result went for us. 'I don't think I'd cheer him up much by telling him that.' Peter Hogan will miss next weekend due to a hamstring injury. Austin Gleeson did not feature either but that decision was not injury related. Queally clarified: 'He's still part of our plans. 'We just decided not to bring him in today.'
Irish Examiner
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
No excuses but Queally backs written off Déise to respond in Cork
Peter Queally's focus quickly turned from defeat in Tipperary to getting Waterford's heads right for a do-or-die clash with Cork. The Déise boss reckons they will be written off heading to Leeside, but backs his players to produce when up against the odds. 'The hurling will look after itself,' said Queally. 'It's just trying to get the lads' heads up and rightly tuned in to next week. 'We're still in this championship, so while we're bitterly disappointed, it's a bit like the Clare win. You couldn't enjoy the win because we couldn't dwell on it. 'We just have to refocus on next week. That's the nature of the Munster Championship. The biggest difference next week is Cork will be in the same boat as us. They only have seven days to turn around as well. So there's still a lot to play for. 'A win next week will get us through. That's what we need to be mindful of now. There's no point in feeling sorry for ourselves. 'I know we won't be given a chance. In fairness to these lads – I know them long enough – when their backs are to the wall, they have produced in the past. Hopefully that will be the case again next week.' Queally identified a handful of areas they need to improve. 'They killed us with the long, high balls. Their defenders were excellent in the air, and they were very good on breaks too. 'We have to work on our puck-outs. We have to work on our shooting. It would have been disappointing to miss those opportunities and allow Tipperary to get a foothold in the game. 'Our discipline, at times, might have let us down. We would have conceded a lot of frees. So it's another area that we just need to zone in on now in the coming week.' Queally was asked about a potential penalty decision involving Kevin Mahony. Referee Seán Stack controversially spotted the foul outside the box, rather than inside. 'I'd have to see it back now. It was a good bit away from where I was standing. 'Having said that, we probably rode our luck ourselves a couple of times where there might have been black cards or penalties as well. So we've no real complaints in relation to the referee or decisions or anything.' Stephen Bennett surpassed Paul Flynn's all-time championship scoring record with his first-minute goal. 'I'd say it's scant consolation to Stephen,' Queally added. 'He's as despondent as everyone else there. 'It would've been a nice little thing to celebrate if the result had went for us. Unfortunately, I don't think I'd cheer him up much by telling him that.' Peter Hogan will miss next weekend due to a hamstring injury. Austin Gleeson didn't come on, but that decision wasn't injury-related. 'Just a decision,' Queally clarified. 'He's still part of the squad. He's still part of our plans. We just decided not to bring him in today.'
