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Carley to manage Ballyboden St. Enda's
It may be the school of hard knocks but already managers are stamping their name on club's for the 2015 season.
First win for Glynn
Dean Goodison Glynn-Barntown picked up their first win in the New Ross Standard Under-13 football Division 1 championship in an entertaining contest with hosts Sarsfields at Páirc Charman on Tuesday.
Ladies falter in biggest test
Dean Goodison Wexford failed their biggest test of the season so far as Laois came roaring back from a six-point deficit to book a final place in the Leinster ladies' football Intermediate championship in Bellefield on Sunday.
Early promise fades as Wexford bow out
Alan Aherne First-half promise faded rapidly at Innovate Wexford Park on Saturday when the county Under-20 footballers departed from the inaugural Eirgrid Leinster championship after their second loss in three games.
Time to address awful imbalance
Dave Devereux I must admit I'm not in tip-top form for writing a column or doing pretty much anything at the moment, as I've just returned from a week-long holiday in lovely Italy and have eyelids heavier than a set of suitcases brimful of tacky souvenirs.
Fitzgerald frustrated
Brendan Furlong Davy Fitzgerald lashed out at the officiating after Wexford lost out on a place in the provincial final by one point to a stunning Kilkenny comeback in their final round robin Senior hurling championship game played before a 17,516 crowd in Nowlan Park on Saturday.
Hurlers pipped after second-half collapse
Alan Aherne in Nowlan Park Wexford's next test in July will be against the Joe McDonagh Cup runners-up rather than a repeat Leinster final showdown with Galway after falling to an agonising one-point loss to Kilkenny in this gripping fourth and last round robin clash before 17,516 enthralled spectators in Nowlan Park on Saturday.
Super Counsel's fourth win
Dean Goodison in Bellefield Good Counsel College completed a stunning quadruple in Bellefield as they added the Top Oil Leinster Post Primary Schools first year 'A' football championship to their impressive haul of silverware.
Cork in full control
Dean Goodison in Páirc Uí Rinn Anyone who is surprised by this hasn't been paying attention. Probably the most inexperienced championship camogie team to start for Wexford in decades had no answer to Cork's know-how in Pairc Uí Rinn on Saturday.
Enniscorthy end year on high
Dean Goodison Enniscorthy C.B.S. finished off their season in style by waltzing to victory against Castlecomer in the Top Oil Power Cup Leinster Juvenile 'A' hurling final in Fenagh.
Rory's hand a concern
Brendan Furlong While there will be little change for Wexford going into their final round robin Senior hurling championship game with Kilkenny in Nowlan Park on Saturday (7 p.m.), there is considerable doubt concerning the fitness of star attacker Rory O'Connor.
Stunning success
Juvenile hurling in New Ross Colaiste An Atha backed up their county crown with a stunning Top Oil South Leinster Juvenile hurling 'C1' title success in O'Kennedy Park, New Ross, on Monday of last week.
Counsel secure fine double
Dean Goodison Good Counsel completed a remarkable double, adding the Dr. Barry Cup, the Top Oil Leinster Schools Juvenile 'A' hurling title, to the equivalent football crown they won in February, in Thomastown.
No sign of gap closing in nine-point loss
Alan Aherne The notion that Wexford were slowly closing the gap on All-Ireland holders Galway was clinically blown apart before 14,565 spectators in Innovate Wexford Park on Saturday when the westerners marked their first-ever visit to the venue for a Leinster championship game with a very handy nine-point victory.
Ready for acid test
Brendan Furlong When reigning Leinster and All-Ireland champions, Galway, visit Innovate Wexford Park on Saturday (5 p.m.) for game three in the round robin Leinster series, Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald will be seeking further improvement from his side.
Purcell point the key score
Dean Goodison Faythe Harriers came out on top of a titanic battle with a gallant Duffry Rovers side to win the Féile na nGael Loch Garman Division 2 hurling title in the Ferns Centre of Excellence.
Ruthless approach pleases in facile win
Alan Aherne The ruthless streak displayed by Wexford in Bord na Móna O'Connor Park, Tullamore, on Saturday had to be admired as they buried Offaly at an early stage and continued to rack up the scores in this complete mis-match in the Leinster Senior hurling championship.
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