Waterford's facile All-Ireland U21 hurling semi-final victory over Antrim has gone some way towards atoning for the bitter disappointment of last Saturday night's senior semi-final replay loss to Kilkenny, according to Stephen Bennett.

The senior star, who was awarded the man of the match award after scoring 1-1 in the 29-point rout, admitted to TG4: "Every one of us is still disappointed after last week. At least us U21s had a chance to bring a bit of happiness back into the county and hopefully go on now and win the U21."

The Ballysaggart attacker, whose brother Shane was forced off with an early injury, highlighted the intense competition for places in the team.

"We have a [strong] panel this year. We're bringing on subs and they're actually lifting their games. So that's brilliant, that's key for us this year," he added.

 

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