Molumphy explained: "It's a great thing obviously winning the Munster, it gives the team a bit of silverware. Now that's over, the Munster Championship, we have put that aside.

"We're not happy with that now it's won, it's done, it's dusted - we have to push on. It's our fourth title in a decade - it's one of our best decades - but you want something more now.

"You want a place in the All Ireland and that's what we are aiming for. That's the next step we need to achieve."

The flair of the Justin McCarthy era has been replaced by a steel, solidity and team ethic with current manager Davy Fitzgerald the catalyst for much of this good work.

"Team work is one of the biggest things we have now. This year you can see the Cork game you know, it's more team work than individuals although some guys played fantastic," added the 26-year-old skipper.

"But that's the biggest thing, you want team work and guys coming off the bench and giving their contribution. You know you saw Dan (Shanahan) - give him a few minutes - that's exactly what we've been aiming for this year.

"We are more united this year, that's definitely it. It's more team work now. It's something I think we have now maybe that we haven't had before."

Tipperary stand between Waterford and a first All-Ireland final appearance since 2008. These two counties also met at the semi-final stage that year, with Waterford prevailing by two points to reach the All Ireland final in Fitzgerald's first season in charge.

"I suppose we came from nowhere that year," Molumphy recalls. "I remember we were going up there as complete underdogs. It was the biggest situation for us that year, we trained very hard for that. It was a great thing to win but we let ourselves down in the final.

"You see Tipp now, they seem to be coming just right at this stage. They might have started badly but you kind of see the onus is on them, they are picking up energy, picking up speed now as they go along."

That 2008 victory also ended an unfortunate trend of Waterford teams choking on semi-final day. They had lost their five previous semi-finals before that day.

"It's good actually having done it before. It's after breaking the hoodoo so we can actually make it to the next step. It's a nice thing to work off because it's only two years ago."

Molumphy reckons that Tipp have come a long way since their stuttering performance against Cork back in May, with their recent All-Ireland quarter-final win over Galway a real show of strength.

"When Cork played them they were unbelievable on the day. It was hard for them to repeat the All Ireland defeat of last year especially in the first game of the Championship, but you see now they are back on track again. I think they are waiting to take on Kilkenny. Most people now think that Kilkenny might be only team to stop Tipp," he added.

"To be honest, looking at the last game (against Galway), they seem the most complete team yet this year.

"In the backs and forwards, all of them were attacking the ball and again I think they've reached the heights of last year in the All Ireland final and even gone a step above that again."