Ballysaggart will line out in their first senior hurling championship match on Saturday night when they take on De La Salle at Fraher Field.
Founded in 1885, the West Waterford outfit are one of the oldest and smallest clubs in Ireland.
"Tis small but very spirited," manager Adrian 'Bobo' Meagher told WLR's GAA show Lár Na Páirce.
Meagher never imagined that they would reach senior level when he started hurling for the blue and navy. "No, I suppose not when I started. Since we reached the All Ireland junior final in 2014, we knew we had good young fellas coming through. We hoped that someday we might get there. It took six years and we got there."
He admits that the 2019 intermediate winners will be outsiders in this year's championship. "We've nothing to lose, we're going to have a right cut off it. We're probably the 12th team in Waterford and we're playing the second best. De La Salle were in the final last year and we have Abbeyside the week after. Two massive games. Look, there's no relegation so there's no fear and there's no pressure. We hope the lads go out and enjoy it and get a bit of experience. They know they'll be playing senior hurling again next year."
Meagher is disappointed that only 45 club members will be able to attend Saturday's historic occasion. "Especially given the size of the area we're going into, there should be no problem putting a lot more in there. There's a handful of the team that won the 1972 junior county final still involved in the club. It will be special for them and I only hope the likes of them will be able to see the match. When you talk about the field, it was likes of them that brought it from a mountain to this for the lads today.”
Adrian Meagher and Kieran Bennett will feature on Lár Na Páirce from 6.10 on Friday evening.
