Wexford allow Waterford off the hook

Wexford 1-13 Waterford 0-17: So much for unrest in the Wexford camp.

Teams at odds with themselves, or their managers, rarely deliver a performance as committed and raw as this one and it maybe says everything about Wexford yesterday they departed the scene knowing they had actually blown their shot at an Allianz League semi-final.

Superb in the opening quarter, they clung on to the league holders for much of the rest of the game before launching a comeback thanks to a 67th-minute Conor McDonald goal that ultimately fell just short of taking this south-east derby to extra-time. It was the least they deserved for their efforts having contributed so much to a contest few expected to be so entertaining or close, although both managers claimed otherwise as they digested their quarter-final encounter.