Dubs in danger of Cats mauling

Dublin 1-17 Wexford 0-12

Ultimately, however, the extra-man advantage the home side enjoyed from the 9th minute (Wexford centre-back Andrew Shore, blinded by the low sun, red-carded for a careless strike on Ryan O’Dwyer) meant that even misfiring as badly as they did, Dublin still had plenty to spare over an equally malfunctioning Wexford 14.

Not that Dublin manager Anthony Daly was unduly bothered by his side’s performance. “It’s an eight-point win in the quarter-final of the Leinster championship, our fourth time playing Wexford this year and we haven’t lost once. If someone had told me four years ago that would happen I’d have said they were gone off the rails. So, what other positives you can take from an eight-point win? Make up your own mind and give your own assessment.”