Wexford SFC: Gusserane shock favourites St Martin's, Shelmaliers comfortable

 

Goals at vital stages helped Shelmaliers to a comfortable nine-point (3-8 to 3-9) victory over HWH/Bunclody in their senior football championship quarter-final clash at Chadwicks Wexford Park.

Scores were scarce through the opening quarter at the end of which Shelmaliers led 0-2 to 0-1, but a Graeme Staples 16th-minute goal followed by consecutive points from Kyle Roche and Brian Malone helped the eventual winners assume control. A Roche goal five minutes before the break gave them a 2-4 to 0-3 interval lead.