21. You can’t envisage a time when this man isn’t playing hurling
Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland
And you’d love to see him lift the cup in this photo some day.
20. You saw Craig Breen go-karting as a youngster and knew the lad was a bit special
Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
He zips along the Outer Ring Road.
19. You taught John O’Shea how to do this back in the day with Ferrybank AFC
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18. But you don’t know where he learnt to do this.
YouTube: Chris Berisford
17. When it comes to Gaelic football, in Jackson you trust.
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Can't fault his commitment to the Deise cause.
16. And you know Jackson makes an unbeatable quiz team with Michael Ryan
Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
True story: Back in the day Kiely's preparation for the RTÉ show Where In the World, which he won, involved coaching from Ryan who noticed his tendency to pause before answering. As a method to help Kiely adjust to the pressure of appearing on TV, Ryan would smack Kiely’s knuckles with a ruler any time he’d slow up for an answer.
15. Forget chicken and pasta, you love a blaa to load up on the carbs as a pre-match meal
Pic: www.waterfordblaa.ie
14. It's like this, you know that Dan is indeed the Man
Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
And if you don't know him, don't judge him.
13. You reckon Trap should put Daryl Murphy up top with Noel and Stephen Hunt playing off him
Pic: Nigel French/EMPICS Sport
The Holy Deise Trinity.
12. You've booked the flights to Rio as you're convinced Kelly Proper will be amongst the medals
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
The Ferrybank crew will be dancing on the Copacabana.
11. You tell Kilkenny people that Henry, JJ and TJ learnt all their hurling in WIT
Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
Waterford made them what they are.
10. You believe the Avonmore Snow Cream Wildcats are the best-named team in the history of basketball
Pic: INPHO/Tom Honan
Now they could shoot hoops.
9. You think there's nowhere nicer in the world to watch a game than the Fraher Field on a fine day
Pic: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
8. You think there's nowhere worse in the world to watch a game than the Fraher Field on a bad day
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Anyone for a hot whiskey in the Park or Lawlor's?
7. You spent many a happy Friday night down in the RSC cheering on the Blues
Pic: INPHO/James Crombie
Tommy Lynch pioneered the concept of tiki-taka when he was manager.
6. Your father/uncle/barman in the local say John Treacy hugged them first after the cross-country win in 1979
Pic: INPHO/Getty Images
5. You'd rather not talk about the events of September 7th, 2008
Pic: INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
Kilkenny 3-30 Waterford 1-13. The mother of all hammerings.
4. But you'll happily chat about the events of June 27th, 2004 all day long
YouTube: Kev Kehoe
Waterford 3-16 Cork 1-21. The greatest day ever. Fact.
3. You have insisted many times in your life that Sean Kelly is a WATERFORD man
And Tipperary have no claim to him.
2. You were on the original John Delaney disco train that arrived into Plunkett Station one Friday evening
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1. And finally just like John Mullane, you too love your county
