Substitute Larry O'Gorman gave his side their second victory as they held off a strong Laois challenge in this keenly contested Waterford Crystal senior hurling league game at Abbeyleix yesterday.

Laois looked to be in a promising position at the break when they went in level 0-8 each having played into the strong wind. The first half developed into somewhat of a shoot-out involving Michael Jacob and David Cuddy, both finishing the half on five points each.

With Wexford holding a 0-11 to 0-10 lead with three minutes remaining Niall Rigney forced a splendid save out of Paul Carley and David Cuddy levelled the game from the 65. Then up popped O'Gorman to grab the winning point one minute from the end.

Wexford: P Carley; C Kehoe, D Ruth, D Guiney; K Furlong, L Dunne, R Guiney; R Quigley (0-1), C O'Loughlin; R McCarthy (0-1), P Finn, M Jacob (0-7); B Goff, C Byrne (0-1), C McGrath (0-1). Subs: L O'Gorman (0-1) for McGrath: R Keogh for Goff; P Murphy for Finn.

Laois: J Lyons; P J Peacock, N Leacy, D Killeen; N Rigney, P Cuddy, P Mahon; C Cuddy, E Meagher (0-2); J Phelan, S Cuddy, D Cuddy (0-8); A Coffey, J Young (0-1), T Fennelly. Subs: R Jones for Fennelly; D Conroy for Young; D Culleton for Coffey; R Delaney for Jones; A O'Sullivan for Phelan.

Referee: E Morris (Dublin).