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Mon 07 Jul 2007Waterford show their true pedigreeWaterford 3-17 Limerick 1-14:Like any thoroughbreds they stayed the pace without setting records for most of yesterday's exciting Guinness Munster hurling final in Thurles. But once they sensed their opponents were tiring, Waterford accelerated clear and in the space of a few minutes at the end, emphatically added the Munster championship to the League crown they already hold, a double the county last achieved 44 years ago.Once again it was the team's blue-chip attack that delivered for the new champions. Four years ago John Mullane scored 3-1 in the final against Cork; yesterday it was the turn of Dan Shanahan, who finished with 3-3 to leave him with 5-4 from his two provincial championship matches.