Davy Fitzgerald: 'I’m just this animal - whatever you play, you try and win it'

Davy Fitzgerald’s numbers since taking the Wexford role will be frozen for weeks if not months but the inertia doesn’t detract from how impressive they are. According to his tally, he’s lost just 16 of 54 matches.

The draws? He doesn’t distinguish them from the wins. Maybe he merges the two because they’re underdogs but in a results business, he looks at things in black and white terms and last year’s Championship shows his team lost just once, the All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Tipperary. Kilkenny, remember, haven’t beaten Wexford in their last six contests.