Slaneysiders shake off wasteful Dubs

WEXFORD’S footballers may have achieved one major breakthrough at Croke Park yesterday but their hurling counterparts proved to be in no mood to accommodate a second such romantic script.

Irresistible at times in that drawn encounter last week, Dublin never scaled those heights second time around and played like a team that, deep down, knew they left a golden opportunity behind in Kilkenny. Wexford delivered a far more balanced performance here and manager John Meyler was in exuberant form afterwards.

“It’s a fantastic day for the south-east with three teams coming up here to Croke Park, the minor hurlers drawing, the senior footballers getting to a Leinster final for the first time in I don’t know how long and the senior hurlers getting to a final as well.”