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O’Connor inspires
another famous
Wexford victory
Wexford ............1-23 rGalway .............0-23
By RONAN O’NEILL Media West Ireland
in the game. Cathal Mannion, Coen and Canning all scored on the resumption but the goal kept Wexford in the game.
Galway forward Jack Coyne got a straight red for an off the ball incident in the 53rd minute, and Wexford pounced, with rory O’Connor and Mcdonald ensuring
Ory O’Connor and Conor Mcdonald were in inspired form for Wexford as they knocked reigning champions
victory in the closing stages.
Galway out of the national Hurling League at the quarter-final stage in Wexford Park.
SCORERS – Wexford: Rory O'Con- nor 0-6 (4fs), Conor McDonald 1- 2, Pádraig Foley 0-5 (3fs), Diarmuid O'Keeffe 0-3, Lee Chin
(1 free), Kevin Foley 0-2 each, Jack O'Connor, Liam Ryan, Harry Kehoe 0-1 each. Galway: Joe Canning 0-10 (9fs, 1 '65), Conor Whelan 0-5, Johnny Coen, Cathal Mannion 0-3 each,
Joseph Cooney, Jason Flynn 0-1 each.
WEXFORD: M
Fanning, S Donohoe,
L Ryan, D Reck, D
O'Keeffe, M O'Han-
lon, P Foley, R O'Con-
nor, K Foley, J O'Connor, D
Dunne, S Murphy, P Morris, C
McDonald, L Chin.
Subs: W Devereux for Reck
(14), A Nolan for Dunne (54),
H Kehoe for J O'Connor (68),
C Dunbar for Morris (68).
GALWAY: J Skehill, A Tuohy, J
Hanbury, J Grealish, P
Mannion, G McInerney, A
Harte, J Canning, J Coen, J
Cooney, C Mannion, J Coyne, D
Burke, C Cooney, C Whelan. Subs: S Loftus for Greal- ish (ht), J Flynn for Burke (58), B Concannon for Cooney (59).
REFEREE: Fergal Horgan (Tipperary).
Mcdonald’s goal was the crucial score, as the All-ireland holders were resigned to their second defeat of the season already, after their reversal against Limerick in the previous round.
Joe Canning gave a stunning personal display but despite 0-10 from him and further five points from Conor Whelan, Galway lost to davy Fitzgerald’s side in the league for the second year running.
Mcdonald struck at the end of the first half, where Wexford took a narrow 1-9 to 0-11 lead into half-time, in front of the 7,200 in attendance.
it was level at 0-5 to 0-5 after 18 minutes with Canning, Johnny Coen, Conor Whelan and Joseph Cooney all scoring for Galway. But Wexford hit back through Kevin Foley, diarmuid O'Keeffe, Lee Chin, Paudie Foley and rory O'Connor.
Wexford went three clear with ten minutes remaining in the first half but then Galway hit four points in a row, as Coen, Whelan and Cathal Mannion (two) found their range.
But Mcdonald scored his goal in the 33rd minute and that would the decisive score late
DIVISION 1B
Team PWDL
1 LIMERICK 5500
2 GALWAY 5401
3 OFFALY 5203
4 DUBLIN 5203
5 ANTRIM 5104
+/- Pts
58 10
25 8
-13 4
-15 4
-23 2
6 LAOIS 5104
-32 2
ALLIANZ NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE
DIVISION 1B ROUND 6
LEADER: Galway All-Ireland winning captain David Burke in action against Wexford in the NHL quarter-final at Wexford Park.
Photo: Sam Barnes/SPORTSFILE
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