O’Connor: Wexford counting the cost of years of neglect

FORMER Wexford dual star George O’Connor believes the Model county is paying the price for years of neglect regarding the development of hurling.

O’Connor was a key member of Liam Griffin’s breakthrough team that claimed the Liam McCarthy Cup in 1996, and has spent the past three years as the county’s first development administrator.

But he reckons Wexford are clinging to the memory of that triumph 13 years ago, having gone without an All-Ireland minor title since 1968 and achieving just a single win at U21 level three years earlier.