Recent meetings: Dublin v Wexford (hurling)

Dublin's senior hurlers face Wexford this Saturday in the Allianz HL Division 1B at Chadwicks Wexford Park (3.0). Here we look back on some recent meetings of the counties.

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2020 HL DIVISION 1 GROUP B ROUND 4

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22: Croke Park

WEXFORD 2-14 DUBLIN 0-18

Jack O'Connor punished Dublin with a late winning goal as Wexford came with a strong finish to snatch victory in this keenly contested HL Division 1 Group B encounter at Croke Park.

Both sides finished with 13 men as the Slaneysiders came from four points in arrears with ten minutes to play to record victory.Close to the finish Chris Crummey was forced off with an injury and as Dublin had used up their full subs allocation they saw the game out with 13 players.

“Yeah look, two minutes into injury time – to concede a goal at that stage was disappointing,” said Dublin manager Mattie Kenny.

“When the game opened up too much, when it’s a 13-a-side game, there’s a lot of space.

“Wexford made a couple of runs that we just got caught for. You’d like to have closed out the game. While we’re disappointed with that, the lads put in a huge performance.”

Dublin led 0-10 to 1-5 at half-time with Rian McBride hitting two points from play towards the conclusion of the opening period while Wexford's goal came from keeper Mark Fanning with a debated penalty.

The Slaneysiders were reduced to 14 when sub Conor McDonald was red-carded in the 54th minute and 13 minutes later Shaun Murphy was dismissed on a second yellow, a minute later Dublin full-back Eoghan O'Donnell was also gone on a second yellow in a dramatic finale.

The introduction of Eamonn Dillon looked like he might get Dublin over the line to victory as he struck over one brilliant point and showed well.

But Wexford seized the late initiative with Jack O'Connor's late goal when he fired to the net after the Dublin defence was left exposed.

Cian Boland reduced the arrears before Ronan Hayes set off for goal but was hooked by Kevin Foley as he attempted a point effort.

But overall the accuracy of Rory O'Connor, along with his brother's goal, and the deadball striking of Paul Morris saw Davy Fitzgerald's men to victory.

SCORERS – Wexford: P Morris 0-7 (0-3f, 0-1 '65'), R O’Connor 0-4 (0-1f), J O’Connor, M Fanning (1-0pen) 1-0 each, D O’Keeffe, P Foley, L Chin (0-1f) 0-1 each. Dublin: P Ryan 0-8 (0-8f), R McBride, R Hayes (0-1f) 0-2 each, J Madden, C Crummey, D Burke, O O’Rorke (0-1f), C Boland, E Dillon 0-1 each.

WEXFORD: M Fanning; J O’Connor, L Ryan, C Firman; D Reck, M O’Hanlon, S Murphy; A Rochford, D O’Keeffe; K Foley, L Chin, R O’Connor; P Morris, M Dwyer, A Nolan. Subs: P Foley for O’Hanlon (ht), L Óg McGovern for Rochford (ht), J O’Connor for Chin (47), C McDonald for Dwyer (48), C Dunbar for Nolan (69).

DUBLIN: S Brennan; P Smyth, E O'Donnell, C O'Callaghan; J Madden, D Gray, S Moran; C Crummey, J Malone; D Burke, R McBride, D Sutcliffe; O O'Rorke, R Hayes, D Keogh. Subs: P Ryan for O’Rorke (inj, 13), C Boland for Sutcliffe (43), E Dillon for Keogh (53), A Dunphy for O’Callaghan (58), T Connolly for Madden (62).

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2019 LEINSTER SHC ROUND-ROBIN ROUND 2

SUNDAY, MAY 19: Parnell Park

DUBLIN 1-22 WEXFORD 2-19

Seán Moran was Dublin's late, late hero as his goal from a 20-metre free with the last puck of the clash in the fifth minute of added time earned his side a share of the spoils in this Leinster SHC round-robin duel at Parnell Park.

The Dubs led by five points at one stage of the second half, however, the Slaneysiders rocked their hosts with goals from Liam Og McGovern and Jack O'Connor and looked set for glory in the final moments.

Having lost their opening game to Kilkenny a loss would have left Mattie Kenny's in a very tricky position but the draw leaves them in the hunt with games to come against Carlow and Galway.

Moran's low free, following a foul on Liam Rushe, found its way to the Wexford net despite the presence of seven Slaneysiders back on the line.

Wexford settled first and were three points up before Conal Keaney opened Dublin' account in the fifth minute.

Five Dublin points in-a-row put them in good stead late in the opening half with Cian Boland to the fore for the home side.

The St Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh man finished the day with three points from play in an encouraging performance from a stylish player whose senior intercounty career has been seriously hampered by injury.

But by the break Wexford had rallied with four points without reply to leave the sides level, 0-11 each.

The closest either side came to a first half goal was a low effort from Conal Keaney from 23 metres, his effort was parried by keeper Mark Fanning but Keaney was alert and snapped up the rebound to angle over.

Dublin moved five clear thanks to the deadball accuracy of Paul Ryan, who also hit two points from play overall.

The Ballyboden St Enda's forward Ryan also had a good sighting of goal with his side 0-18 to 0-14 clear.

A long angled delivery by Tomás Connolly was gathered by Liam Rushe and he placed Ryan whose pull was saved by keeper Mark Fanning.

In the 55th minute the duel turned in Wexford's direction when Dublin coughed up possession in their own defence and Davy FItzgerald's men transferred the sliotar slickly with Liam Óg McGovern coming in field to arrow an unstoppable shot to Alan Nolan's net.

Seven minutes later Wexford struck for their second goal with Lee Chin powering through before finding Rory O'Connor, who fired to the net.

But there was to be late, late drama with Moran's free earned a draw for the Dubs.

SCORERS - Dublin: P Ryan 0-10 (0-7f, 0-1 '65'), S Moran 1-2 (1-1f), C Boland 0-3, T Connolly, C Keaney 0-2 each, C Crummey, F Whitely, E Dillon 0-1 each. Wexford: L Chin 0-11 (0-8f, 0-2 '65'), L Óg McGovern 1-1, C McDonald (0-2 sideline), S Murphy 0-3 each, A Nolan 0-1.

DUBLIN: A Nolan; T Connolly, E O'Donnell, P Smyth; S Barrett, S Moran, C Crummey; S Treacy, D Sutcliffe; C Boland, C Keaney, E Dillon; F Whitely, L Rushe, P Ryan. Subs: D Treacy for Keaney (49), J Malone for Boland (60), C Conway for S Treacy (63), R Hayes for Whitely (67).

WEXFORD: M Fanning; D Reck, L Ryan, S Donohoe; P Foley, M O'Hanlon, A Nolan; K Foley, S Murphy; D O'Keeffe, L Chin, L Óg McGovern; C McDonald, J O'Connor, R O'Connor. Subs: C Dunbar for Nolan (54), D Dunne for McDonald (66), H Kehoe for J O'Connor (67), S Reck for Murphy (73).

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2018 LEINSTER SHC ROUND-ROBIN ROUND 2

SUNDAY, MAY 20: Innovate Wexford Park

WEXFORD 0-22 DUBLIN 2-14

For the second weekend in-a-row Dublin hurlers were edged out in a frenetic finale as hosts Wexford hit three points in added time to claim victory in this Leinster SHC round-robin duel in Innovate Wexford Park.

The Dubs had come with a storming finish to nose in front 2-14 to 0-19 as the game ticked into added time but through two Rory O'Connor points - one free and the other a monstrous 90-metre point from play - and an insurance score from Harry Kehoe Wexford sealed victory in front of an attendance of 10,228.

The Slaneysiders looked to be getting on top by the midpoint of the second half as they moved into a 0-16 to 1-9 lead and then Alan Nolan pulled off his second fine save of the encounter to deny Rory O'Connor, a goal then might have sunk Dublin but back the Dubs came with a Cian Boland score.

But from the 24th minute of the second half Dublin raised their game with a Paul Ryan free and three minutes later the Ballyboden St Enda's clinically finished to the net to make it 0-18 to 2-11.

Points from Liam Rushe and Danny Sutcliffe put the Dubs in front for only the third time in the game, 2-13 to 0-18, by the 66th minute.

The influential Rory O'Connor levelled it for Wexford with a 70-metre free in the final minute of normal time before Dublin sub David Treacy fired over from a tight angle to give his side the lead again.

But similar to last weekend's loss to Kilkenny the late vital scores all came from the opponents with O'Connor and Kehoe getting the winning scores.

Wexford led by the minimum at the half-time break, 0-10 to 1-6, thanks to two converted Rory O'Connor frees late in the half.

O'Connor's deadball accuracy was central to the Slaneysiders interval advantage as he was successful with seven out of eight attempts.

In a hotly-contest physical battle, where both defences were on top, scores from play were at a premium at both ends.

Paul Ryan converted four frees during the opening 35 minutes but it was the Dubs who got the only goal of the half when Rian McBride applied the finish after Paul Ryan's initial attempt was blocked by Wexford full-back Liam Ryan.

McBride's goal arrived in the 13th minute to bring Dublin level, 1-2 to 0-5, but Wexford responded with the next two scores through O'Connor, a free from 65 metres, and a fine point from play by wing-back Paudie Foley.

Two Paul Ryan frees had Dublin level, 0-7 to 1-4, by the 20th minute as neither side could establish any dominance in the contest.

Just after the half hour mark points in quick succession from Jake Malone and Paddy Smyth, after he combined with Seán Moran, pushed Pat Gilroy's men into a 1-6 to 0-8 lead after 32 minutes.

Alan Nolan did well to prevent a Wexford goal when the stopped Paul Morris following good skill from Conor McDonald.

But it was the home side who got the last two scores of the opening period with O'Connor slotting two frees to edge in front in added time, 0-10 to 1-6.

SCORERS - Wexford: R O'Connor 0-12 (0-11f), L Chin, P Foley (0-1f) 0-2 each, P Morris, J O'Connor, A Nolan, D O'Keeffe, K Foley, H Kehoe 0-1 each. Dublin: P Ryan 1-7 (0-6f, 0-1 '65'), R McBride 1-1, J Malone, P Smyth, C Boland, L Rushe, D Sutcliffe, D Treacy 0-1 each.

WEXFORD: M Fanning; D Reck, L Ryan, S Donohoe; S Murphy; D O'Keeffe, P Foley, M O'Hanlon; K Foley, A Nolan; L Chin, R O'Connor, J O'Connor; P Morris, C McDonald. Subs: H Kehoe for McDonald (55), C Dunbar for Morris (62).

DUBLIN: A Nolan; P Smyth, C O'Callaghan, B O'Carroll; C Crummey, S Moran, E O'Donnell; J Malone, S Barrett; R McBride, F Mac Gib, D Sutcliffe; F Whitely, L Rushe, P Ryan. Subs: T Connolly for Barrett (44), C Boland for Whitely (44), D Treacy for O'Carroll (52), R Hayes for McBride (60), P Winters for Mac Gib (70).

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2018 WALSH CUP SEMI-FINAL

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14: Parnell Park

WEXFORD 1-20 DUBLIN 0-16

A storming last 20 minutes by the Slaneysiders saw Davy Fitzgerald's men come from behind to run out seven-point victors in this Bord na Móna Walsh Cup semi-final at Parnell Park.

The Dubs led 0-11 to 0-8 at the interval and had stretched their advantage to 0-15 to 0-10 by the 45th minute, however, the sending off of Paul Winters (second yellow) coupled with a scoring surge by Wexford saw the visitors to victory.

Cathal Dunbar's clinically executed 51st minute goal was the catalyst for Wexford's charge for victory and coming so soon after Winters' dismissal it rocked Dublin back on their heels.

The Slaneysiders would go on to hit an unanswered 1-10 to run out convincing winners in the end with Fergal Whitely's point, his third from play, in added time at the end of the game the hosts first score in over 25 minutes as Dublin's challenge faded badly.

In the opening half Wexford settled first with two Conor McDonald points but Dublin replied with two frees from Winters before a long-range Paudie Foley free edged Wexford back in front.

Dublin then hit four in-a-row with Winters and Whitely on target and by the break Dublin were 0-11 to 0-8 to the good with Donal Burke taking over the freetaking duties towards the conclusion of the half and converting two difficult frees.

The point of the half came from Danny Sutcliffe in the 19th minute when some clever movement from the Dublin half-forward line saw the St Jude's man picked out by an Alan Nolan puckout and Sutcliffe rounded his man before accelerating towards goal from 50 metres and eventually clipping over from 20 metres off his left.

Early second half points from Burke (two frees), Johnny McCaffrey and Whitely had Dublin in a strong position when leading 0-15 to 0-10 by the tenth minute of the second half.

Then the home side suffered the double blow of first the sending off and then Dunbar's goal as Wexford finished the game off in style with Jack Guiney coming off the bench to strengthen their scoring surge with two fine points from play.

SCORERS – Wexford: P Morris 0-6 (0-4f), C Dunbar 1-1, K Foley, J Guiney, P Foley (0-1f, 0-1 '65'), 0-3 each, D Dunne, C McDonald 0-2 each. Dublin: P Winters 0-6 (0-5f), D Burke 0-4 (0-4f), F Whitely 0-3, J McCaffrey, D Sutcliffe, C McBride 0-1 each.

WEXFORD: M Fanning; D Reck, L Ryan, S Donohoe; A Maddock, S Murphy, P Foley; K Foley, Jack O’Connor; Joe O’Connor, C Dunbar, A Nolan; P Morris, C McDonald, D Dunne. Subs: E Moore for Ryan (ht), J Guiney for Joe O’Connor (48), J Firman for Morris (64), E Molloy for Donohoe (65), M O’Regan for McDonald (68), C Flood for Jack O’Connor (68), G Molloy for Maddock (69), L Rashford for Dunbar (71).

DUBLIN: A Nolan; P Smyth, B O’Carroll, C Hendricken; S Barrett, D Kelly, C Crummey; J McCaffrey, T Connolly; D Sutcliffe, F Whitely, P Crummey; A Moore, P Winters, D Burke. Subs: C McBride for Barrett (22 inj), D Gray for P Crummey (27), E Dillon for Sutcliffe (57), R Mahon for Connolly (58), J Madden for McCaffrey (63), S O Riain for Burke (65), J Hetherton for Moore (66).