The appointment of a new Waterford senior hurling manager has taken another twist this week.

Firstly, Cork's Pat Ryan was odds on favourite to take the role vacated by Derek McGrath at the end of the championship, then it was revealed that he pulled out of the race.

More recently, All-Ireland winning Cuala manager Mattie Kenny was hotly tipped to succeed McGrath, but there seems to be no truth in those rumours.

Now, the Waterford News & Star reports that the latest candidate for the position is Mount Sion's Paraic Fanning.

The provincial paper states that Fanning met with the county board earlier this week. Fanning has experience with working with the county hurlers in the past as he was part of Davy Fitzgerald's management team during his last years as Waterford manager.

Fanning has also managed WIT in the past, so would be very familiar with the current squad. More recently, the experienced coach was working alongside Fitzgerald again, this time with the Wexford hurlers, a role he left at the end of this year's campaign.

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