The father of an up and coming Wexford hurler has come out in support of county chairman Diarmuid Devereux’s decision to remove minor hurling manager Eddie Walsh for breaching the training ban.

UCC issued a powerful statement of intent in their opening Fitzgibbon Cup Group D clash in freezing conditions at the Mardyke last night as they crushed the challenge of DCU.

SUBSTITUTE Eamonn Dillon’s 37th-minute goal inspired Dublin to victory in this exciting Leinster U21 hurling championship final at Wexford Park last night.

THE Wexford hurling crisis deepened last night as the county’s Under-21 selector Gary Laffan, an All-Ireland SHC medallist in 1996, launched a scathing attack on his own county board over the use of dual players.