"It was just total embarrassment"
January 28, 2020
Waterford's Stephen Bennett and Jack Fagan with Niall O'Leary, Tim O'Mahony and Damien Cahalane of Cork. ©INPHO/James Crombie.
Stephen Bennett admits he was embarrassed leaving Walsh Park after Waterford were trounced by Limerick last summer.
The Treaty County defeated Na Deise by 20 points in that Munster SHC round-robin encounter in early June, so it was important for Waterford to return to winning ways at Walsh Park against Cork on Sunday. Bennett duly speared over eleven points as Liam Cahill’s charges edged out the Rebels in their league opener, 1-24 to 3-17.
“I remember walking out of the dressing room after the Limerick game and it was just total embarrassment and we don’t want that to happen again,” he told The Irish Daily Star.
“Look, this is our home. I know it’s only the league but we need to start winning games. You need to be winning games.
“You wouldn’t blame people for thinking we weren’t going to win – we haven’t won a [championship] match in two years. Look, it’s only a small step. It was nice to win the game.”
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