SO many times it’s been said — goals win matches; so many times it’s been said also about this Kilkenny team, that they are a veritable goal-scoring machine. Well, not so yesterday.

Kilkenny 2-16 Wexford 0-17, Nowlan Park

DÓNAL ÓG CUSACK returns to the Cork team for the first time this year when Galway visit Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday.

THE Donkey Sanctuary in Co Cork dealt with a record 240 rescues last year, including one case where 25 animals were neglected on a farm.

Laois 2-16 Wexford 1-16

Tipperary 3-24 Wexford 0-19

IN a game that provided plenty of food for thought for manager Davy Fitzgerald, Waterford turned in a substandard performance in going under to Wexford in a senior hurling challenge to mark the official opening of new dressing rooms for the Brickey Rangers club outside Dungarvan last night.

SMALL things, Keith Rossiter had said last week, that’s what has cost Wexford so many times over the years.

Galway 2-22 Wexford 1-14

MICHAEL CAHILL and Brian O’Meara will make their championship debuts for Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final against Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Goalkeeper Noel Carton and right corner back Lar Prendergast are the only Championship debutants in the Wexford team to face Galway in Saturday night's Leinster SHC quarter-final.

Wexford have received a timely boost ahead of Sunday's Allianz NHL Division 2 final against Clare (Semple Stadium, throw-in 5pm), with Darren Stamp and Paul Roche returning from injury to take places on the starting line-up.

Oulart-The-Ballagh 2-19 Monageer-Boolavogue 0-11