Wexford 3-13 Kilkenny 0-2: Wexford showed no mercy when they dished out a severe beating to Kilkenny in their Leinster under-21 football championship clash, played at Nowlan Park yesterday.
The story of the game was simple, Wexford were much too good for a team that just could not survive at this level.
With five points from Gary O'Grady, a 25th minute Marty Kelly goal and another from Darren Foran in first-half injury-time, the winners opened out a commanding 2-10 to no score interval lead.
Kilkenny had to rely on two frees for their scores which came from David Herrity in the 36th and 51st minutes.
Foran, the Wexford left-half forward, went on to amass a total of 2-3 for his side.
WEXFORD: A Masterson; R Corcoran, D Walsh, S Howard; G Sunderland (0-1), B O'Connor, C Whelan (0-1); P Finn, P O'Leary; M Kelly (1-0), C Byrne (0-1), D Foran (2-3); N Collins, G O'Grady (0-5, two frees), A Flynn (0-1). Subs: S Sheehan (0-1) for O'Grady, D White for Sunderland, K Parrock for Foran, D Gannon for Whelan, J Breen for Walsh.
KILKENNY: A Knox; M Heffernan, P O'Donovan, N Coady; P Barron J Murphy, M Darmody; P Cleere, W O'Dwyer; K Nolan, S Coonan, D Herrity (0-2); M Rohan, E Larkin, J Nolan. Subs: P Donnelly for O'Dwyer, N Moran for Darmody, M Galvin for Larkin, D O'Brien for Barron, N Doherty for Coady.
Referee: F Barrett (Kildare).
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