“I said to him, ‘I honestly think you should have a go for this, they’re a good bunch of lads and it’d be well worth doing it’.”
Davy Fitzgerald has backed Peter Queally’s appointment in Waterford and outlined how he encouraged his former right-hand man to go for the job.
Queally has retained ex-Tipperary forward Eoin Kelly from Fitzgerald’s regime while he has added 2007 Hurler of the Year Dan Shanahan, who was previously involved under Derek McGrath, who was linked with a return to the post. “I think he won’t be far off it but I think he deserves his shot at it. I did actually tell him to go for it when I left.
They were unlucky when suffering a one-point defeat to eventual All-Ireland champions Clare in Ennis before running out of steam against Limerick.
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