Mattie Forde booted Kilanerin to a sixth county title with a great display, finishing with a tally of 0-13, as they destroyed Horeswood in the Wexford senior football final at Wexford Park yesterday.
The game was over as a contest by the interval as Kilanerin led by 1-15 to 0-0, with Forde landing nine points, while his inter-county colleague John Hegarty scored a 27th-minute goal.
The fact Horeswood failed to register a score during the opening 30 minutes speaks for itself. They had to wait until the fifth minute of the second half for their opening score, a Leigh O'Brien pointed free.
Kilanerin remained in total control and added a further eight points in the second half.
KILANERIN: B Hughes; B Hughes, M Higgins, Michael Hughes; Micheal Hughes, P Forde, G Hughes; J Darcy, S Hughes; M Gethings, J Hegarty (1-3), P Kavanagh (0-2); N D'Arcy (0-2), A Kavanagh (0-3), M Forde (0-13, 7 frees). Subs: J Gethings for B Hughes; J Hughes for Hegarty.
HORESWOOD: S Parker; M Kent, P Kehoe, J Hearne; M O'Brien, L O'Brien (0-4), S Cullen; T Hendrick, Darren O'Reilly; Darren Shannon, David Shannon (0-1), C Deeley; J Wall, L Bowe, Derek O'Reilly. Subs: T Howlin for Bowe; T Hayes for Hendrick; E Murphy for Kent; PJ Banville (0-1) for M O'Brien.
Referee: S Doyle (Ballyhogue).
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