Wexford ease to shield final win over Sligo

The winners took a little while to settle but they were 0-4 to 0-2 ahead by the first water break and had a decisive grip on proceedings by the interval

The winners took a little while to settle but they were 0-4 to 0-2 ahead by the first water break and had a decisive grip on proceedings by the interval

Wexford 2-15 Sligo 0-9

Classy finishing from corner-forward John Tubritt, who scored six points, and Ben Brosnan’s well-taken 20th minute goal drove Wexford to an ultimately comfortable 12-point defeat of Sligo, 2-15 to 0-9, in the AFL Division 4 Shield decider in hot conditions at Portlaoise’s MW Hire O’Moore Park.