Hogan: Wexford have taken the physical battle to new level

Wexford have taken the physical battle for possession to a level beyond even Kilkenny’s great four-in-a-row All-Ireland winners, believes former Cats captain Brian Hogan. Speaking on the Irish Examiner GAA Podcast, Hogan was struck by Wexford’s ability to crowd the man on the ball in Sunday’s Leinster final.

“The thing that struck me, when the ref threw in the ball, Huw (Lawlor) was on the 21 waiting for his man to come in and his man wasn’t coming in. The rest of the Kilkenny backs and all the Wexford forwards were congested around where the ball was thrown in. Literally there was nobody from the 65 in to Eoin Murphy. It was like in the old days when a priest used come out and throw in the ball.