Donal Burke brilliance gets Dublin over the line against Wexford

Donal Burke's 13-point haul elevated Dublin to a hugely significant win in the Leinster SHC, leaving Micheál Donoghue's men in prime position to advance to the knock-out stages of the All-Ireland series.

Opting to play at Croke Park instead of their Parnell Park base, the Dubs rose to the occasion, albeit in front of a relatively poor crowd of 9,125, and secured back-to-back wins in the championship.

It means that if results in the remaining games pan out as anticipated, with Kilkenny and Galway claiming the top two positions, then Dublin will steal third place in the table ahead of Wexford.

Darragh Egan's Wexford will kick themselves for being so wasteful with 19 wides overall costing them dearly.

They never led in the game but got it back to level terms on a number of occasions including in the 74th minute following three points in a row from the excellent Rory O'Connor and Conor McDonald.

But two Burke points from frees for Dublin in the 75th and 76th minutes ultimatley proved the insurance scores in a dramatic conclusion.

Dublin will return to action against Kilkenny, away, on Saturday week in the penultimate round before closing out the group campaign with another Croke Park game, against Galway.

As for Wexford, they're under real pressure now to not just beat Westmeath on 21 May but to also overcome Kilkenny the following weekend.

Alex Considine's return was the only change to the Dublin team that comfortably defeated Westmeath at Parnell Park last weekend.

Paul Crummey was the attacker to lose out though the Lucan Sarsfields man came on after just eight minutes for the injured Ronan Hayes.

Crummey got on the scoresheet late in the opening half too as Dublin hit the interval with a narrow 1-09 to 0-10 lead.

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