Waterford chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has explained how a home and away arrangement between Dungarvan and clubs in Waterford city is the reason why next Sunday's county SHC semi-finals are being played at opposite ends of the county.

Instead of being played as a double-header, the semi-finals will be played 30 miles apart in Fraher Field and Walsh Park. Champions Ballygunner will travel to Fraher Field to take on Dungarvan at 2pm, while Walsh Park hosts the clash of De La Salle and Mount Sion at 5.15pm.

“Dungarvan have a home and away arrangement with the city clubs in the senior hurling championship,” Ryan told the Irish Examiner.

"In this case they had already played Ballygunner in the senior championship earlier in the summer, and that game was played in Walsh Park. Now with that arrangement it’s Dungarvan’s turn to have a game in the western side of the county, so Ballygunner are travelling on Sunday.

“The other game is an all-city one, Mount Sion and De La Salle, so the logic was that we would keep that game in the city."

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