As can be seen from this helpful montage of clips, Tallow lads do make a difference to Waterford’s fortunes…

My dad’s favourite moment is the one in which Paul O’Brien hits the ball first time on the ground and gets a goal against Tipperary.  This goal represents everything that my dad always harped on about in hurling – no need for the solo run into no-man’s-land, hit it first time, perfect the simple skills, that’s how it was won in 1959.

“My Father: A Hurling Revolutionary, the life and times of Ned Power” is out on paperback at the end of November 2009.  Click here for further information, pre-order and excerpt.