Early goals lift Wexford

Wexford Youths 4 SD Galway 1

Wexford Youths opened impressively and two goals inside the opening 12 minutes rocked the visitors.

The opening goal arrived in the tenth minute when Danny Furlong slotted home a breaking ball inside the area, while two minutes later the visitors’ defence once again were caught flat-footed, leaving Joey Mulcahy time to find the net from ten metres.

The visitors pulled a goal back on 19 minutes when Enda Curran fired a low shot across keeper Graham Doyle into the opposite corner of the net.

The home side’s dominance continued, however, and Furlong made it 3-1 seven minutes before the break.

In a dreadful second half, a 69th minute Mulcahy effort that went in off the underside of the crossbar made it 4-1 for the home side, with the visitors failing to threaten.

WEXFORD YOUTHS: Doyle, Clarke, B Nolan (Delaney 78), Carr, Corcoran , Malone (O’Gorman 78), Mulcahy, Croke, Furlong, Hawe, Keenan (Broaders 78).

SD GALWAY: Keane, Meehan, Curran, Greaney, Horgan, Enubele, Conlon (Dolan 6, 67), Harty, Curran (O’Reilly, 69), Tomanica, Gaffney.

Referee: K Callanan (Cork).