Waterford relishing going to war with Cork in All-Ireland senior camogie decider

For the first time since 1945, Waterford will contest a Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie final when they face Cork at Croke Park, a battle the side are relishing, says captain Keeley Corbett-Barry.

In recent seasons, the Déise have been contesting the All-Ireland phase and last year got to a semi-final where this Sunday's opponents got the better of them by five points. A year on and the penultimate hurdle was jumped as Tipperary, who dictated affairs early on were eventually reeled in, with Seán Power's side eventually winning by the bare minimum.

Ahead of the Glen Dimplex finals at GAA HQ, Corbett-Barry was keen to stress the hard work that has been put in. Speaking to RTÉ Sport, she said: "It's a massive boost for the county. Just for ourselves alone, we've worked so hard for it and that is a credit to ourselves and to the the sacrifices that we have made along the way. In seeing the emotion from family and friends after the semi-final, well they've made a lot of sacrifices too.

"We've been pushing around the quarter-final stages for a while and then we finally broke through last year into the semi-final. We were unlucky on the day, came away with a loss but we took so much learning from it. We focused on ourselves this year, drove on, and it has paid off. We are in an All-Ireland final now."

Waterford are still to register their name on the O'Duffy Cup roll of honour list, just making that one final appearance some 78 years ago.

Sunday's finale will see the Déise go in as underdogs, though based on recent clashes between the Munster pair a close encounter is in the offing. That's what Corbett-Barry is expecting, a testament to the improvement shown by Waterford since last year's championship.

"We have 34 leaders on