Stephen Molumphy insists that the days when Waterford played as individuals rather than as a team are a thing of the past.

'Teamwork' has been the buzzword in the Crystal County this summer and the Waterford captain enthused: "There are guys out there who might not be leaders in name, but they are real leaders. You are not going to have 70 minutes from everyone, but the thing is when it's in the frying pan, when you're in trouble, a guy can step up for five minutes and then someone else can step up for five minutes.

"There might be a situation on one side of the field and two guys carry it on. That's the way it is and it's teamwork now. We have that now where we mightn't have had it before.

"It's donkey work - I wouldn't care if I didn't score again for the rest of the year as long as we keep winning and that's the general attitude throughout the pitch and we'll keep driving it on."

While under no illusions about the task facing Waterford against Tipperary this afternoon, the army officer says his players are totally focused on reaching the All-Ireland final.

"It was a great thing to win Munster and get silverware. But now that is over. Put the Munster championship to one side. The biggest step of all is to get the All-Ireland," he said.

"It is a major step again. Facing Tipperary again is a huge step. As you can see they are the team in form at the moment. They were fantastic against Galway so we know we have to raise it to compete with them.

"It is good to have (silverware). We have won four titles in a decade and it is one of our best decades. But we want something more again. You want a place in the All-Ireland, that is what we are aiming for. It is the next step that we need to achieve."

And Molumphy claims Tipp are under pressure to reproduce the form of last year's All-Ireland final when they came within a whisker of beating Kilkenny.

"Yeah, it is. It is a case of seeing how good they are or can be. Most people would see them as the only team that will stop them (Kilkenny). We are coming in as the underdogs again and it shows the amount of work we have to do to get up to that level." Tweet

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