Wexford back on track after victory over Waterford

Wexford responded to back-to-back defeats in Division 4 of the Allianz Football League with a convincing second-half destruction of neighbours Waterford at Chadwicks Wexford Park.

The hotly fancied hosts led by just 0-06 to 0-05 following a first half during which the Currys, Stephen and Jason, both went agonisingly close to rattling the Wexford net.

But John Hegarty’s purple and gold, nursing setbacks against the division’s current pace-setters Laois and Leitrim, lorded the closing period, outclassing Waterford by 0-15 to 1-02, to revive ambitions of ending a six-year stay in the basement division.

Wexford now face challenging away games to both Carlow and Tipperary, before welcoming Longford in round seven.

Waterford, having now failed to avoid defeat in eight games, are left seeking to avoid the 'wooden-spoon’, with a trip to London being sandwiched between fixtures against Tipperary [away] and Laois [home].

A quite uninspiring first-half eventually saw Wexford shade matters 0-6 to 0-5 at the change of ends after Graeme Cullen shot over in added-time.

But Waterford were unfortunate not to have hit the home net, particularly when William Beresford put Stephen Curry through to ultimately restore parity for a fifth time on 0-05 apiece after 35 minutes.

Jason Curry had also gone close to raising the green-flag for the Deise only for his shot to fly over and tie matters on 0-2 apiece after twelve minutes, with Wexford’s Eoghan Nolan [free] and Glen Malone responding to a Waterford ice-breaker from Tom O’Connell.

The neighbours exchanged the lead three times during the opening-half, with Liam Coleman regaining home advantage before Waterford poked back in front by 0-04 to 0-03 after 23 minutes

A Seán Nolan double regained a slight