The formbook held true as table-toppers Wexford turned in a splendid second-half display to outclass a poor Tipperary outfit at Wexford Park yesterday.

Dom Twomey's side remain unbeaten, and still top the league, but it was in the second half that Wexford clinically dispatched the Tipperary challenge, limiting the Premier County side to one point in the second 35 minutes, from Declan Browne two minutes into injury time.

WEXFORD: J Cooper; C Morris, D Murphy, N Murphy; R Mallon, D Breen (0-1), P Curtis; R Hassey (0-1), W Carley (0-1); J Hudson (0-1), T Howlin, M Forde (0-6, 3fs), P Carley (1-0), P Colfer (0-1), J Hegarty (0-1). Subs: L O'Brien for Curtis; A Morrissey (1-1) for Hegarty; T Mahon (0-1) for Howlin; JJ Doyle for Hudson; R Stafford for Colfer.

TIPPERARY: P Fitzgerald; S Maher, N Kelly, L Cronin; L England, N Fitzgerald, S Collum; K Mulryan, E Hanrahan; B Hahessy, F O'Callaghan, A Fitzgerald; T Doyle, D Browne (0-5, 3fs), E O'Brien (0-2). Subs: M Webster for Hanrahan; JP Looby for Kelly; D Fanning for England.

Referee: P Finnegan (Louth).