Carty penalty propels Wexford past Carlow

A SCORING burst in the last seven minutes of the first half, in which the eventual winners scored 1-3 without reply, proved decisive as Wexford ran out worthy winners in the Leinster U21FC semi-final in Portlaoise last night.

Carlow started brightly and with Darragh Foley dominating at midfield they built up a handsome 0-5 to 0-1 lead by the 22nd minute.

Ominously for them Foley was their main scoring threat and when Wexford’s Brendan Halpin was upended in the square in the 29th minute Conor Carty buried the penalty to give his side a 1-4 to 0-5 interval lead.