Neil McManus backing Wexford to have last laugh over Dublin

Neil McManus says he still fancies Wexford to finish ahead of Dublin in the Leinster SHC round robin and thus extend their summer beyond the province.

The Slaneysiders were on top against the Dubs on their home patch at Clonard on Sunday but somehow contrived to draw a game they led by five points heading into added time.

Danny Sutcliffe and Cian O'Sullivan got the Dublin goals, either side of a Cathal Dunbar point, to the sides share the spoils, with Yellowbelly manager Keith Rossiter admitting to RTÉ Sport afterwards that it was a period of added time that he'd struggle to forget for all the wrong reasons.

The draw keeps both counties in the hunt for both a Leinster final spot and a top-three finish, which would see them secure passage to the All-Ireland Championships.

But for McManus, whose native Antrim will welcome Wexford to Corrigan Park on Saturday, it's the purple and gold who will finish on top of the sky blues, rather than the other way round.

"I think it's still on Wexford," he said on the RTÉ GAA Podcast when asked who his money was on.

"They're a more potent attacking force than Dublin. They have an unbelievable forward line when it's fit. I think Wexford will put up bigger scores as they move through the championship.

"They also have a better chance of getting a result - maybe another draw - against Galway or Kilkenny. The final game for Wexford in the [Leinster] championship is away to Kilkenny in Nowlan Park and they love that fixture.

"Who knows what will happen but I think Wexford are a better side than Dublin and I think they'll be quietly confident that they can do something against Galway and Kilkenny and reach that Leinster final still.

"That will still remain their aim at the moment."

Wexford were Leinster