Cork drift in and out, but the job gets done

Cork 2-24 Wexford 1-20

Six unanswered Wexford points in an 11-minute second-half period left them trailing by just the minimum, 2-14 to 1-16, and carrying all of the momentum. The straightforward victory needed to claim top spot was suddenly far from an inevitability for Cork, but it was fitting their two star attackers engineered the score that stemmed Wexford’s flow.

Séamus Harnedy, who scored five points from play and illustrated just how integral a figure he has become, ran powerfully at the Wexford defence, with a 65 resulting after Matthew O’Hanlon’s good block.