McGrath and Cullinane new Déise selectors
The Waterford County board last night ratified Ken McGrath and Sean Cullinane as selectors for the county's senior hurling team.
They replace Nicky Cashin and Brother Philip Ryan who left in the last week.
McGrath and Cullinane were the only names put to last night’s special board meeting, and they were officially approved without dissent after being proposed and seconded by Munster Council representative Anthony Walsh and West Divisional Board chairman Eddie Cunningham respectively.
McGrath and Cullinane were each nominated by their own clubs - Mount Sion and Passage East respectively - and the meeting was assured of their willingness to allow their names to go forward for the positions. Board chairman Tom Cunningham thanked Cashin and Br Ryan for the services they had rendered during their time as county selectors.
However when pressed as to why they had decided to stand down, the chairman said he was unable to provide the answer to that question.
"That has been their decision, and now it’s time for us as a county board to fill the vacancies and move on from the undoubted hope and encouragement last Sunday’s thrilling victory over Galway has given us,’’ he said.
McGrath and Cullinane’s appointments are for a two-year term, as is that of team manager Michael Ryan.
