Hartley keen to make the most of rare opportunity

November 21, 2018

Ballygunner manager Fergal Hartley.
©INPHO/James Crombie.

Ballygunner manager Fergal Hartley is emphatic in his statement that they are keen to push on in the All-Ireland club SHC series.

The Waterford champions picked up a second Munster club title last weekend, seventeen years after winning their first back in 2001.

A clinical performance saw them dethrone Limerick’s Na Piarsaigh, a side that had beaten them in two of the last three provincial finals.

Amid the scenes of celebration at the final whistle, Hartley took time to speak to the Waterford News & Star and already he was looking ahead to the All-Ireland club semi-final [against either Ballyhale Shamrocks or Ballyboden St Endas] and ensuring that they gave it their all.

“We don’t get chances like this too often,” stated Hartley. “It’s only the second time in our history. This club is 64 years old and it’s only the second time we’ve been at this stage so you’ve got to take those chances with both hands when you get them.”


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