Clare shoot the lights out as Waterford’s ambitions stall before the get-go

Clare 3-31 Waterford 2-22
Whatever way you saw Waterford’s season ending, you didn’t see this. Just short of the hour mark, Brian Lohan called the Clare sub-goalie Eamonn Foundy from the bench and sent him into the fray for Eibhear Quilligan. The scoreline at the time had Clare 3-29 to 1-15 to the good, a 20-point margin across an hour of championship hurling. Nothing says the life has drained from your season like the other crowd giving the sub-keeper a run.
For the third time since the introduction of the round-robin system in 2018, Waterford’s season has ended without getting to compete in a knock-out game. They’ve played 12 matches under this format and only won one. They lost Tadhg De Búrca and Jamie Barron to injuries in the opening 11 minutes here but couldn’t blame their fate on either. They knew their fate early.
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