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Dublin 1-18 Wexford 3-10: DUBLIN survived an amazing second-half comeback before seeing off Wexford at Wexford Park on Saturday…

Mon May 09 2011 - 01:00

Dublin 1-18 Wexford 3-10:DUBLIN survived an amazing second-half comeback before seeing off Wexford at Wexford Park on Saturday .

Dublin led 0-11 to 0-2 after 20 minutes, but Aidan Nolan’s goal before the break for Wexford made it 0-14 to 1-6 at the interval.

Ciarán Kilkenny blasted home a penalty for Dublin, but two goals from Rhys Clarke reduced the deficit to a single point, 1-16 to 3-9. Jack Guiney equalised but points from a Paul Winters free and Oisín O’Rorke gave the Dubs victory.

DUBLIN: C Ryan; E Lowndes, C O’Callaghan, S McClelland; C Crummy, J Desmond (0-3, three frees), D Gormley; G Whelan, C Cronin (0-2); C Kilkenny (1-1, 1 pen, 1f), C McHugh (0-1), E Ó Conghaile; C Costello (0-1), A Clabby (0-2), P Winters (0-6, 4f). Subs: B McCarthy (0-1) for Cronin; D Forde for Gormley; O O’Rorke (0-1) for McHugh.

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WEXFORD: C O’Leary; S Murphy, N Cullen, G Foley; W Furlong, A Kenny, S O’Gorman; C Hughes (0-1), K Foley; A Nolan (1-0), J Guiney (0-4, 3f), P OConnor; P Doyle, G Moore (0-3, 2f), R Clarke (2-1). Subs: C McDonald (0-1) for OConnor; D Byrne for Nolan; D Dunne for Doyle.

Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny).