Dan Shanahan is delighted to see a local at the Waterford senior hurling helm.

The former Hurler of the Year has reprised his role as a coach under new manager Peter Queally whose first game in charge will be a challenge against Cork in Fraher Field on Saturday, January 4 in aid of former Mount Sion and Waterford star Brian Greene, who has been diagnosed with cancer.

“I think it’s a big thing when a Waterford man is in charge of a Waterford team. It’s very important,” Shanahan told reporters ahead of the charity match.

“You see it in Cork, Pat Ryan in Cork, Brian Lohan’s in Clare, Liam Cahill’s in Tipp, the Dublin manager, Niall Ó Ceallacháin, again he’s from Dublin, Micheál Donoghue is gone back to Galway, Keith Rossiter is in Wexford, Derek Lyng is in Kilkenny. All their own men in charge. I think that’s massive that we got a Waterford man in charge.

“For me, a Waterford man in charge of a Waterford team, it gets more people out supporting the team, first of all, that maybe haven’t been supporting the team. It is our job to get the people supporting our team, as well, playing proper, fast hurling, with proper tactical plans and whatever we come up with. Just to get the enjoyment back in the Waterford lads.”

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