Kilkenny tick all the boxes in easing past Wexford

Kilkenny 0-30 Wexford 1-14: Further proof, in the unlikely event it was required, of the enduring appeal of underage hurling. 

Two nights after more than 8,000 paying customers trotted along to the Cork/Tipperary minor replay, an attendance of 6,089 made the effort to take in this Leinster U21 final. Not earthshattering stuff but not to be sniffed at either.

Seeing as we’re tossing out facts and figures, here’s the really relevant one: By half-time Kilkenny were eight points up and one man up. There was never going to be any way back for Wexford from there. The second half was an exercise in box-ticking, manfully though the losers strove.