Jackie Tyrrell: 'Spineless' Wexford spiralling out of control

Jackie Tyrrell labelled Wexford "spineless" and "spiralling out of control" after the second-half capitulation against Westmeath left them in danger of dropping into the Joe McDonagh Cup.

Having squandered a 17-point lead at home to Westmeath, who scored four second-half goals to claim a shock success, Wexford dropped to second-bottom in the Leinster Championship, and with Kilkenny to come in their final group game on Sunday.

Westmeath host Antrim at the same time in Mullingar and a Saffrons success would leave Wexford needing to beat Kilkenny to avoid relegation.

"It's spiralling out of control," Tyrrell told The Sunday Game. "When you think they played Clare in an All-Ireland quarter-final last year and how close they were...

"[Liam Sheedy and Tipperary] stopped them from getting to an All-Ireland final in 2019, and now they’re facing down the barrel of potentially going down to the Joe McDonagh. It’s actually scary."

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Highlights of Westmeath's incredible comeback victory over Wexford in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Wexford looked home and hosed at half-time against Westmeath, leading by 16 points, but they conceded an unanswered 1-04 after the restart and two late goals from substitute Niall Mitchell consigned them to a disastrous defeat.

"For Darragh Egan, sending his troops back out after half-time, 2-15 to 0-05 up, the players... There was no leadership, I would say spineless in lots of ways.

"They totally gave up, didn’t bring the fight at all,