Waterford boss Derek McGrath said that today's All-Ireland SHC semi-final victory over Cork "was everything" to him and his players.

Speaking to RTE Sport after the 4-19 to 0-20 win at Croke Park, McGrath explained that trips up and down to Dublin in a bid to have Tadgh de Burca cleared for the game had been "taxing" but that they also "immersed ourselves in it."

"Hugely satisfying, hugely," he said afterwards. "A mixture of elation, relief and anticipation of what's to come at this stage. All those emotions, joy, ecstasy, it was everything to us. Very, very satisfying.

"They did well. I'm not sure what the score was when the (first) sending-off occurred, to put balance on the suggestion that it opened up after that, but we were the ones creating the chances albeit the theory being we set up defensively.

"Sometimes a sending off can be counter intuitive, it can work against you. It worked well for us - the pace seemed to open up we were in a situation where we could push up on their backs."

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