Hegarty happy Wexford have become Model of consistency

IT may have qualified them for a first league final in 59 years, but it was the manner more than the victory against Tyrone which was so pleasing to Wexford’s John Hegarty.

A side that has won admirers for its style, Pat Roe's team have more than a little substance as well.

Even still, it was difficult not to fear that their chances of beating the Ulster side took a sharp downturn when the downpours of Saturday night stretched into the following afternoon. On a firm sod, Mickey Harte's side can be formidable. In conditions like that, it was always going to be a pure war of attrition, readymade for the 2002 and 2003 league champions.