Wexford players ready to hit the road to retain Davy

Paul Keane Wexford joint-captain Matthew O’Hanlon has insisted that the players want Davy Fitzgerald back and will gladly drive to Sixmilebridge again to beg him to stay on.

Wexford joint-captain Matthew O’Hanlon has insisted that the players want Davy Fitzgerald back and will gladly drive to Sixmilebridge again to beg him to stay on. O’Hanlon was part of a delegation of Wexford players that drove to Fitzgerald’s home after the 2018 Championship and implored him to remain in charge.

It worked a treat as Fitzgerald later admitted that the emotional plea convinced him to overlook ‘something else that was in the pipeline’ and commit to Wexford for a third season. He duly guided Wexford to a breakthrough Leinster title success before coming up just short of eventual All-Ireland winners Tipperary in the semi-finals.