Fitzgerald to give Wexford a breather after effort

Wexford boss Davy Fitzgerald yesterday described Tipperary as “a small bit ahead” of the chasing pack in hurling at present. Fitzgerald’s side stayed with Tipperary until the final ten minutes of their NHLsemi final, when the All Ireland champions pulled away.

“Tipp are a small bit ahead of the pack but I was pleasantly surprised with how we matched them physically apart from there at the end. Are they ahead of the pack? They are a small bit, without a doubt.

“I think it was 63 or 64 minutes gone and what I was happy about was that physically we had competed. They had got two goals, maybe one of them fortunate. We were still there like, we were fighting away.