The Wexford u-21 hurlers defeated Dublin in their home patch on Wednesday evening, in what can only be described as a thrilling encounter.
Below, you’ll find all the scorers from today’s game, the team-sheet and the substitutes used. On that last point, a key turning point was Wexford’s use of substitutions in this evening’s game, with Fethard dual-star and super-sub Mikie Dwyer bagging two crucial goals in the second-half, while Rory Higgins also found himself on the scoresheet in the late stages.
Scorers for Wexford: Seamus Casey 0-8 (7f), Mikie Dwyer 2-0, Joe O’Connor 1-3, Stephen O Gorman 0-2, Aaron Maddock 0-1, Rory Higgins 0-1.
Scorers for Dublin: Colin Currie 2-6 (3f), Donal Burke 0-3, Eoghan Dunne 0-1, Cian O Sullivan 0-1, Eoghan Conroy 0-1, Daire Gray 0-1 (1 ’65).
WEXFORD: James Heneberry, Sean Barden, Darren Byrne, Conor Firman; Aaron Maddock, Damien Reck, Ian Carthy; Shane Reck, Rowan White; Joe O’Connor, Rory O’Connor, Liam Stafford; Stephen O Gorman, Oisin Foley, Seamus Casey. Subs: Gary Molloy for Conor Firman (20), Rory Higgins for Sean Barden (28), Mikie Dwyer for Oisin Foley (43).
DUBLIN: Dara Perry; Shane Howard, Paddy Smyth, Donnacha Ryan; Eoghan Conroy, Conor Burke, Daire Gray; Fergal Whitely, Conor Ryan; Ciaran Dowling, Paul Crummey, Ronan Hayes; Cian O’ Sullivan, Donal Burke, Colin Currie. Subs: Cian Costello for Cian O Sullivan (36), Lee Gannon for Ciaran Dowling (47), Cian Hendricken for Shane Howard (51), Sean Currie for Fergal Whitely (53).
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