Wexford can tame Cats again, insists Travers

THREE years have passed since Wexford consigned Kilkenny to their only Leinster SHC defeat of the last decade and defender Malachy Travers admits his county have failed to live up to the promise of that performance.

Michael Jacobs’ dramatic late intervention set the seal on a superb Wexford effort, one where manager John Conran overhauled their tactical approach to maximise their own strengths and nullify their opponents.

Three Wexford players were making their championship debuts that day — Travers was one — but any hopes of a brighter future were weakened by their subsequent All-Ireland quarter-final struggle against Antrim and heavy defeat to Cork.