Kilkenny are like the bad guy at the end of a terrible slasher film. They're never actually dead. You've got to shoot them in the head and Waterford did not do that.
Towards the end of a pulsating All-Ireland semi-final, the Deise hit a succession of wides. It was a detrimental lapse in an otherwise excellent Waterford performance.
With 69 minutes on the clock, Walter Walsh popped up with a crucial goal to level the game for Kilkenny. A Pauric Mahony free put Waterford ahead once again but Conor Fogarty found an equalising point to send the game to a replay.
Here's how the GAA world reacted to a superb game at Croke Park.
What a game oh what a game. It had everything 👏👏👏👏👏#KKvWAT
— Henry Shefflin (@ShefflinHenry) August 7, 2016
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BEAT KILKENNY ?! JESUS WEPT. #KKvWAT
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) August 7, 2016
Kilkenny some champions, unbelievable game of hurling,end to end, heart racing like mad after that credit to both teams some intensity #gaa
— Ciarán Kilkenny (@CKKilkenny93) August 7, 2016
Waterford, with all their skill and ferocity, should have pushed on in the last ten. An awful waste of an otherwise epic effort
— Joe Brolly (@JoeBrolly1993) August 7, 2016
What a game👏🏼
Hard luck @WaterfordGAA the best performance of the championship thus far. Hopefully the replay produces the same #GAA— EamonFennell (@EamonFennell) August 7, 2016
Unbelievable game ! Great to see both teams go at it head to head #GAA #Realchampionshiphurling
— Conal keaney (@ConalKeaney) August 7, 2016
Oh Kilkenny. As a man that has never played one minute of hurling you've no idea how much I respect you. Ultimate screwdrivers #turnthescrew
— Alan O'Mara (@AOMTHECAT) August 7, 2016
The game of hurling was the winner there. #15on15 #KKVSWAT
— Jamie Coughlan (@coughlan_jamie) August 7, 2016
Sensational fair play to all involved #KKvWAT #nothingbeatshurling
— Marie Crowe (@mariecrowe) August 7, 2016
What a game of hurling
— Shane Lowry (@ShaneLowryGolf) August 7, 2016
Absolutely gutted for Waterford. Gutted.
— Cormac O'Malley (@cormacpro) August 7, 2016
Kilkenny...never beaten. Incredible stuff. #gaa
— Sinéad Hussey (@SineadHus) August 7, 2016
