Pat Ryan: Wexford worked harder and wanted it more

Cork’s stomach for the fight, or lack of, was the chief factor in the county’s exit from the hurling championship, according to selector Pat Ryan.

“What’s cost us really was the desire to win the game. That was the overriding impact,” asserted Ryan.

“Wexford were well better. We have to hold our hands up — it was very disappointing. They worked way harder than we did. They showed fight and they wanted it more. Normally, the team that works the hardest will always win, and we were outworked today, again. Look, that’s not blaming the players — that’s all of us, we’re all in it together. We put players out there that were going to work hard, and we just didn’t work hard enough.”