Jacob primed for Neighbours Day

IT is difficult to believe, but Sunday’s meeting of Wexford and Waterford in the All-Ireland quarter-final is only the second time in the 120-year history of the GAA that these two neighbouring counties have met in championship hurling.

An indictment of the system that’s been in operation over all those decades, says Wexford captain Rory Jacob.

“Oh sure it’s a pity alright, it brings a great atmosphere to it when you have neighbouring counties playing each other. The last time we met, and the first time, was in 2003, in Nowlan Park. It’s because we hadn’t been winning provincial championships in the same year. But that’s the system, you have to deal with it, and I don’t think it’s going to change very much in the near future.”