Wexford step up a gear to see off Laois

Wexford 2-31 Laois 3-14

Extra-time was needed before Wexford guaranteed their survival for another year at least.

At 3.15, quarter of an hour before the scheduled start, the old stand in Nowlan Park was full for the Kilkenny-Dublin minor championship game; by 3.30 it was mostly empty. With the match starting five minutes late while officials waited for the pitch to clear, it could almost be said that this was the first game ever to be held up to give the crowd a chance to leave.