Wee margin for Wexford as Louth leave it too late

THE MYSTERY is that only two points separated the teams at the final whistle.

There would have been many sleepless nights in Wexford had they lost this one, and yet in Louth the frustration of getting so close despite only playing at anything like the required level for the final 10 minutes will gnaw away at them until the qualifiers and beyond.

Indeed the Wee County men might have secured a replay but for three bad wides from Ronan Carroll, Mark Stanfield and Darren Clarke in the closing stages.