 For the third successive time Kilkenny turned out to be Waterford's opponents in the subsequent All-Ireland final.Things weren't going well for Cheasty's side and at one stage Waterford were eleven points in arrears.The men from the Déise clawed back this deficit to two points but an expert display of free-taking by Eddie Keher proved the difference as Kilkenny won by 4–17 to 6–8.