Higgins: we believe we can win

ASK Wexford senior hurling captain Nigel Higgins which he’d prefer to win, a Grand National as a jockey or an All-Ireland senior hurling medal, and he pauses, flummoxed.

“Oh now,” groans the former point-to-point jockey, “Oh now! Individually a Grand National, but in a team event, an All-Ireland.”

Like the renowned Wexford trainer Jim Bolger, Nigel has a love for horses and a love for hurling, a love which, because one is as demanding of time as the other, often sees him in turmoil.