Wallace out of Wexford campaign

PHILLIP WALLACE will play no further part in Wexford’s SFC campaign.

Wallace, who impressed in league and championship, is spending the summer in America, ruling him out of Saturday’s qualifier with Monaghan.

The 26-year-old defender, who is a teacher at Terenure College in Dublin, would have been available had the game gone ahead last Saturday. It was postponed due Redmond Barry’s involvement with the hurlers.

Wallace informed manager Pat Roe of his decision last week.

The Vodafone Player of the Month for April, who departed yesterday, said: ‘The decision was a difficult one. This is something which has been uppermost in my mind for some time. While I don’t like going at this stage, the travel bug has been with me for some years. Hopefully the lads don’t feel I’m letting them down.

“I spoke with Pat Roe. While he was disappointed he accepted my intention to travel and wished me well. I will be back in September. Hopefully I will be back for the start of next year’s campaign and be given the opportunity to play at the top level again.”

With Wallace missing it may give an opportunity to Robert Mageean to fill the full-back role.