Board put no pressure on Ryan

Jason Ryan admits he had toyed with the idea of leaving Wexford over recent seasons.

The 36-year-old, who led the county to two Leinster finals and an All-Ireland semi-final in his five seasons in charge, parted ways with the county on Tuesday after realising he had brought the team as far as he could.

“It was the culmination of three years’ thought. The last few years, we discussed it as a management group and we always said ‘one more year, one more year, we’re nearly there’. It got to the stage when I was asking how many more years are left.