Waterford may have lost their Munster SFC opener to Tipperary, but manager Tom McGlinchey could take solace from the fact that they were a lot closer to their neighbours than last year.

In the corresponding fixture 12 months ago, Tipp racked up a huge 22-point win, but the Deise made things a lot more difficult for them yesterday.

"We lost last year by 22 points, we lost by eight points today," McGlinchey noted in the Irish Daily Star.

"We had 14 wides and they got a freak goal you could call it. I'm not saying that they weren't the better team. The stats would probably show that it was even enough, but they were more clinical with their chances.

"In the first half, they got some good long-range points and they got a great start to the second half and the goal stretched it out.

"We brought back credibility to the jersey. Eight points in the end is still hard to take, though. There's a lot of positives to take out of it," added the manager, who is confident that all of his panel will stick around for the All-Ireland qualifiers.

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