Forde overcomes crash to steer Wexford to victory

Wexford 2-13 Armagh 2-06

However, a flurry of second-half scores gave the Slaneysiders a remarkable victory, with scorer-in-chief Mattie Forde overcoming a car crash en route to the game to chip in a goal and six points.

At half-time it looked grim for Wexford. Loose defending had cost them dearly, and Armagh had put their opponents on notice when Ronan Clarke’s first-minute shot was smothered by Wexford ‘keeper John Cooper. The long-ball tactic that opened up the Slaneyside defence early on was to prove fruitful for Armagh throughout the opening period, with their two-man full-forward line of Clarke and Steven McDonnell revelling in the open space.