Model ‘composure’ key

WEXFORD manager Paul McLoughlin was delighted with the way his side held out for a single-point victory at Innovate Wexford Park.

“We defended very well into the strong wind in the second half, kept our composure and moved the ball well,” he said.

Limerick had a chance to level deep into added time but Seán McSweeney sent a mark wide from 20 metres. Earlier it looked like McSweeney would be his side’s saviour after scoring 1-1 off the bench.

It was 0-10 to 0-5 for Wexford at half-time, and a brace of points apiece from the impressive Conor Devitt and Jonathan Bealin made it 0-14 to 0-8 with 14 minutes left.

They were fortunate to hold on, though, with the outcome giving them back-to-back league wins for the first time in McLoughlin’s two-year reign. SCORERS – Wexford: J Bealin 0-5 (3fs), C Devitt 0-4, E Nolan 0-3 (2 ‘45s’), N Hughes, K O’Grady 0-1 each. Limerick: S McSweeney 1-1 (0-1f), P Nash 0-3 (2fs), C Fahy, I Corbett, J

Lee (1f) 0-2 each.

WEXFORD – M Doyle; M Furlong, M O’Neill, G Sheehan; G Malone, B Malone, C Carty; D Waters, N Hughes; C Devitt, B Brosnan, E Nolan; K O’Grady, J Bealin, B O’Connor. Subs: E Porter for Carty (60), T Rossiter for Hughes (64).

LIMERICK – D O’Sullivan; L Murphy, P Maher, S O’Dea; B Fanning, I Corbett, J Liston; D Treacy, T Childs; S Keeley, C Fahy, M Fitzgibbon; P Nash, P Begley, J Lee. Subs: S O’Carroll for Fitzgibbon (49), A Kerins for Childs (53), T McCarthy for Liston (57), S McSweeney for Begley (60), A Enright for Keeley (63).

REF – D Murnane (Cork).