Cork manager Pat Ryan is refusing to underestimate Waterford ahead of Sunday’s Munster SHC opener at Walsh Park.

Expectations are low for Davy Fitzgerald’s men after a poor Allianz League campaign, but Ryan expects them to come out fighting this weekend.

“I think they’ve been at pains to say that it’s all about Championship for them,” Ryan said in an interview with gaa.ie

“They’ve had a lot of fellas missing, a lot of their top-line players missing. We’ve analysed their game a good bit, just like they probably have with us. They’ve played really good passages of play.

“Against Wexford, they had 16 points scored at half-time which was a really good performance. They played well the last day against Kilkenny and just petered out.

“Maybe that’s to do with not having some of their frontline players there. We went through a bit the same against Clare and Kilkenny at the start. From our point of view, we know what we’re going to get against Waterford the first day.

“The first day last year against Limerick they were excellent. Walsh Park being open, we expect a huge challenge going down there. In fairness, Davy and his management team have been fairly obvious that they’re targeting our game. Everybody targets the first game.”

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