Wexford last the pace in marathon

Jason Ryan hailed the strength in depth of his squad as Wexford scored six of the game’s last seven points to snatch victory over Longford after more than 140 minutes of action.

Longford dominated so much of the game and in centre-back Michael Quinn, had the game’s outstanding figure. They wasted numerous goal opportunities – Brian Kavanagh, Paul Barden and Paul Kelly all had gilt-edged opportunities – and that was to prove critical in the end.

As expected, Ciarán Lyng was ruled out with a leg injury and with David Murphy and Aindreas Doyle also absent, one wondered if Wexford would have the players to cope with these losses.