Larry Murphy emerged as the main man as his solitary goal helped Wexford to their sixth Walsh Cup senior hurling trophy in-a-row after beating Kilkenny, in New Ross on Saturday.

Wides were the order of the day in the first half, with Kilkenny leading 0-3 to 0-1 approaching the break, when Larry Murphy flicked a Justin Kenny 65 to the net to give Wexford a 1-1 to 0-3 lead.

In a low scoring second-half it took excellent late points from Byrne and Michael Jordan to give Wexford a morale boosting victory.

Wexford: P Carley; Colm Kehoe, D Berry, W O'Brien; Colin Kehoe, D Ryan, T Radford; L Lacey, R Hassey (0-2); J Kenny (0-2), N Lambert, P Redmond; F Simpson (0-1), L Murphy (1-0), M Jordan (0-1). Subs: M Byrne (0-2) for Lambert; R Mallon for Radford; M Murphy for Redmond; G Laffan for Simpson; T Dempsey for Jordan.

Kilkenny: J McGarry; M Kavanagh, S Mealy, N Hickey; P Mullally, E Kennedy, P Barry; R Moore (0-1), J O'Neill (0-1); H Shefflin (0-4), B McEvoy, J P Corcoran (0-1); K O'Shea (0-1), N Maloney, K Power. Subs: M Gordon for Corcoran; S Grehan for O'Neill; C Carter for O'Shea.

Referee: P Aherne (Carlow).