You could be right. Think it said 1-11 to 1-10 in favour of Antrim on the Saturday Game highlights but their production team would be well capable of making a mistake.
Wexford are purring. 1-21 to 1-7 up on Carlow at half time.
They need an 18 point victory to give themselves the head to head advantage over Dublin on score difference.
It would come down to whoever loses by the least amount against Galway/Kilkenny then on the last day.
As it looks, from a Wexford perspective, win today and beat KK, we are in the Leinster final.
If Dublin beat Galway, we will be guaranteed to be into the next phase and Galway will be out.
If Galway beat Dublin, then the margin of defeat between GY/Dub and WX/KK will determine who goes through in third.
A draw in both games next week would be some craic
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22 point margin now after 62 minutes.
2-30 to 1-11. If Wexford tag on five or six points more of a margin theyāre putting themselves in a great position.
A 26 point win in the end. A huge result from a Wexford perspective. Almost certainly guarantees us 3rd place barring a draw between Galway and Dublin.
Clinical. But Carlow are some shambles. Must have been on the beer for the week
9 points of an advantage in terms of scoring difference.
The only thing is this: If Galway v Dublin is close and Kilkenny are beating Wexford by five or six, the message may get onto the field in Salthill that a draw is enough for both.
Thatās pretty much what happened in the Wexford-Kilkenny game in 2019.
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with so much on the line next weekend any chance of capacity crowds in Nowlan Park and Salthill next weekend like Munster this weekend?
Parnell Park was rocking on Sat evening in fairness even if didnt quite sell out
Nowlan Park will go close to selling out. Salthill wonāt.
I d say neither will top 17k, hope I am wrong. Wexford could mobilise in serious numbers maybe
Iād say 20k in Nowlan Park and circa 12k in Salthill.
Wexford thrive on hope and they have hope now. They got their humiliation in early this time which is the best time to do it.
Wexford and Cork have had a great couple of weeks. Two teams who looked doomed in late April. A remarkable change in fortunes in the meantime.
Iāve said it before, but Cork v Wexford has the potential to be the biggest rivalry in hurling in terms of drawing in the whole of the country.
Munster v Leinster
Big Three v Non-Big Three
City v Town and Country
Arguably greater historical echoes than any other pairing.
Itās a smashing colour clash too.
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Thereās only a select group of counties who can go on the beer for a week and win a big game
2003 was an absolute classic of that particular genre. The replay and the 2004 were slightly less intoxicating however. The older Cork posters here will fondly remember the 1976 and 77 finals. Iām not sure anyone will be able to harp back to 1956 and Nicky Rackard however.
The 1993 league final trilogy was brilliant too by all accounts.
Liam MacCarthy Cup hurling secured for next season & with a game to spare too.
Up Wexford.
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Leinster hurling makes absolutely no sense. How do you draw with KK and lose by 57 points to Wex? Results all over the shop, thereās fuckall consistency.
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I donāt think anyone expected Galway to get beaten in Parnell Park that night & I think there was a genuine to & fro in that game throughout the second half. I donāt think the gap between the sides after Kilkenny got their goal was more than a couple of points either way but it was proper cut & thrust rather than āone for you then one for meā. If I recall correctly, I think there was only a realisation a draw would do very late in injury time when Wexford were awarded a free out in the corner back position & we took an absolute age to hit it despite the scores being level.
There was definitely a realisation late on that a draw was enough for both teams. Iād have to go back and check but I think it may have been known before hand that a draw would be enough to qualify both teams whatever happened.
But it wouldnāt have been known before the game that a draw would have put both teams in the Leinster final.
Kilkenny couldāve been out of sight after 10 minutes last week against Carlow put werenāt ruthless. Then the red card happened and all of a sudden the tempo drops sufficiently for Carlow to have a punchers chance.
Youāve put it very succinctly there. There was a real sense of panic on the Clonard end terrace when news of Dublinās late revival filtered through that night. There was a fair amount of confusion too for those who hadnāt studied the permutations closely.