McNamee sinks Wexford as Faithfuls have final say

AS expected, yesterday’s Leinster football semi-final was dominated by a corner forward wearing the number 15 shirt, but the player in question was Offaly’s Niall McNamee, not Matty Forde.

The Offaly man was sublime, finishing the game with a tally of 1-7, all but two coming from play. On any other day Tomas Deehan in the other corner would have won the man of the match award: his contribution of 1-4 was not to be sniffed at either.

Between them, both men destroyed a Wexford full-back line that has been the foundation stone for much of the team’s renaissance in the last few years. Their contributions were all the more crucial given the failure of the other Offaly forwards to kick into gear.