{"id":407732,"date":"2026-04-20T05:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/407732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T05:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:02:08","slug":"bennett-sick-after-waterford-go-down-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/407732\/","title":{"rendered":"Bennett ‘sick’ after Waterford go down fighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being awarded the player of the match was little consolation for Stephen Bennett, with frustration the overriding emotion as Waterford were defeated by Clare<\/a> in the opening round of the Munster Hurling Championship.<\/p>\n

Bennett ended the day with 3-12 to his name at Zimmer Biomet P\u00e1irc Ch\u00edos\u00f3g as the Deise came out on the wrong side, with the Ballysaggart clubman lamenting what might have been.<\/p>\n

“I’m sick, and I don’t care that we performed alright,” he told RT\u00c9 Sport.<\/p>\n

“There were two or three goal chances we didn’t take; Paddy Curran had a great chance, Eibhear Quilligan with a great save. We would have been level with 30 seconds to go. We had pushed up and they broke and buried it at the end.<\/p>\n

Stephen Bennett was on the losing side today despite a hat-trick.<\/p>\n

The player of the match feels Waterford can still qualify from Munster<\/p>\n

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“They punished us and we made too many mistakes, too many silly wides.<\/p>\n

“For ten or 15 minutes in the second half they got their scores easier and we had those silly wides,<\/p>\n

“I’m gutted to be honest with you. We have to focus now on next week. We need to beat Tipp next week, that is massive for us.”<\/p>\n