A debate on the evolving tactics in hurling is something that Derek McGrath would love to participate in.

The Waterford manager's sweeper system, for example, has come in for its fair share of criticism in recent years and that was one of the subjects he touched on at the county's pre-All-Ireland final media event yesterday...

"The language, the whole thing, when you say things like the game is evolving, we're all old-fashioned about it," he told The Irish Independent.

"But there's a definite change about it. I'm looking forward to getting stuck in to a debate about it.

"There's structured flair. This argument that everyone is being hamstrung by instruction. People asked me does it irritate me. It doesn't really. It's just not true. I believe what actually supports that is, how hamstrung was Austin (Gleeson) going in on goal the last day?

"Dummy handpass one way, dummy handpass another way, and then you flick the ball off your hurley into the net.

"I don't think that's someone who is being absolutely restricted."

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