Kelly gets rout started

Wexford...6-17 Limerick...1-04: Wexford started their senior All-Ireland championship campaign with an emphatic 6-17 to 1-4 victory over Limerick at Wexford Park on Saturday.

Limerick started brightly with Aoife Sheehan scoring a goal within two minutes of the throw-in. A couple of Kate Kelly goals then put the home team ahead and, when Michelle Hearne goaled before half-time, the game was over as a contest.

The other championship decider between Cork and Derry did not go ahead as Derry failed to field a team.

WEXFORD: M Darcy; A Moran, Á Codd, C O'Connor; R Breen, M Leacy (0-1), D Codd; C Murphy (0-1), O Hernon (0-1); M O'Leary, A O'Connor (0-1), E Quigley (0-1); K Kelly (2-8), M Hearne (2-2), L Holohan (1-2). Subs: J Dwyer for O Hernon, B Holohan for M Hearne, Ú Leacy (1-0) for E Quigley, M Murray for A Moran.

LIMERICK: P McCarthy; G McNamara, R Collins, M Dooley; D Fitzpatrick, M Kelly, J Clifford; V Sheehan, A Sheehan (1-0); J Dolan, E O'Brien (0-2), S McAuliffe; D O'Brien, M Keating (0-1), M Casey. Subs: N Collins (0-1) for J Dolan, F Dore for D O'Brien, A White for J Clifford.

Referee: Á Derham (Dublin).