Dublin prevail to clinch priceless win away to Wexford

A haul of 0-12 from Dónal Burke helped Dublin withstand a determined Wexford rally to clinch a potentially priceless qualification victory in Saturday evening's round two Leinster SHC contest at Chadwicks Wexford Park.

Mattie Kenny’s men appeared to have weathered a second-half Wexford storm when asserting by 0-20 to 0-14 after 52 minutes.

But Wexford were subsequently denied from a penalty and Rory O’Connor also went dangerously close as a bunch of closing Lee Chin frees brought Darragh Egan’s men within inches of salvaging back-to-back draws.

However, Dublin prevailed to boast maximum spoils as they head to Westmeath next weekend.

Wexford, meanwhile, now almost certainly require maximum spoils on their three-game road trip against Laois, Westmeath and fierce rivals Kilkenny.

Dublin made much of the early running in this duel as, with the strong wind in their backs, they responded to a Rory O'Connor ice-breaker by asserting 0-7 to 0-2 with Donal Burke (three) leading the way as full-back Eoghan O’Donnell even got on the scoring act.

Rory O’Connor was ploughing a lone furrow upfront for Wexford after a subdued showing against Galway, and he fired a couple of frees while Connal Flood and Liam Óg McGovern also helped cut the gap to 0-8 to 0-6 after 26 minutes.

Donal Burke remained to the fore as Dublin extended clear by 0-12 to 0-9 before the gap was almost bridged when Rory O’Connor left Eoghan O’Donnell trailing as O’Connor located Conor McDonald alone at the far edge of the square.

But McDonald swivelled before angling a gilt-edged goaling opportunity wide.

And a seventh Dónal Burke (pictured) score had the Dubs up 0-13 to 0-09 at the break.

It was tit-for-tat during the early stages of the second-half before Dublin looked to