Wexford want to do talking on the pitch

WEXFORD footballers have decided to circle the wagons and refuse media interviews as they look to secure Division One status for the first time on Sunday against Carlow - one year after stumbling at the final hurdle against the same opponents.

Exactly 12 months ago, the Model County were basking in the limelight of a national media eager to feed the story of how this Cinderella football county was finally making it to the ball.

Needing one win from their last two games against Meath and Carlow, Ger Halligan’s side emerged empty-handed after an unlucky one-point defeat in Navan and a subsequent display in Carlow that suggested the team had been blinded by the spotlight so suddenly thrust upon them. Intercepted passes, stray kicks over the sideline and a visible lack of appetite summed up a wretched five-point defeat.