"A win Saturday would be massive" - Niamh Rockett on South-East derby with Wexford

It's a South-East derby in Round 2 of the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship this weekend. Waterford and Wexford go head to head on Saturday evening in Walsh Park with both counties aiming to pick up their first win of the campaign.

Waterford went down narrowly to Dublin (1-11 to 0-12) last weekend, while Wexford were beaten by Cork (2-14 to 1-6).

Speaking to WLR Sport, the Déise all-star knows the magnitude of Saturday's local derby; "I suppose we want to bounce back and you want to be winning your home games as well. It was great to see the crowd that was there last Saturday for the Dublin game you know, and having the young kids playing at half-time so hopefully the crowd will come out and support us and that we'll give ye something to cheer for".

Waterford were beaten by Wexford in the Division 2 league semi-final in early April with the Model county going on to lift the title so the home side won't be taking anything for granted.

With an away tie to come against Tipperary the following weekend (a game which will be played before the Munster SHC Final), Niamh Rockett knows a win on Saturday would be massive going forward; "You'd have great momentum then going into the match against Tipperary, you saw Tipperary were playing Clare last weekend and drew so it's kind of an open book you know, our group is. Results can go anyway as you can see in the Munster Championship for the hurling so I suppose we just focus on our own camp and it'd be massive going forward, bit of momentum, bit of confidence for the girls if we do win on Saturday".

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Throw-in is @ 5pm, and we'll have regular updates across the game here on WLR. Elsewhere it Waterford's group Cork take on Clare, while Dublin play host to Tipperary.

The Waterford Premier Junior side are also in action this Saturday, they commence their All-Ireland Championship campaign with an away tie against Cavan with throw-in also at 5pm in Kilinaleck.