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Sat 07 Jul 2006Waterford better prepared for repeat examinationGAELIC GAMES/Tipperary v Waterford:  The one aspect of the new championship system that no manager really likes is having to play a side you've beaten already. Adding to Tipperary's unease must be the knowledge that they ended up making a bit of a saga out of a Munster semi-final they were supposed to win because of Waterford's absent players.Then you factor in that Waterford have had three straight wins in the qualifiers since June 4th whereas Tipperary have lost their only outing in the Munster final and the pendulum looks to have swung enough already.