Both sides have played five games en route to today’s quarter-final, Wexford scoring 3-101 (110) and conceding 5-89 (104) in Division 1A, while Galway have fired 7-95 (116) and shipped 4-79 (91) in Division 1B, writes Ronan Fagan.
Wexford’s Division 1A run:
JAN 28th (Walsh Park) – beat Waterford 2-20 to 0-19; FEB 4th (Innovate Wexford Park) – beat Cork 0-21 to 1-14; FEB 17th (Semple Stadium) – lost to Tipperary 3-21 to 1-21; FEB 25th (Innovate Wexford Park) – beat Clare 0-20 to 1-13; MARCH 11th (Nowlan Park) – lost to Kilkenny 0-22 to 0-19.
Davy Fitzgerald has used 26 players across the 5 matches (games played in brackets) – Damien Reck, Liam Ryan, Matthew O’Hanlon, Aidan Nolan, Paul Morris, Kevin Foley, Shaun Murphy, Jack O’Connor, Conor McDonald, Diarmuid O’Keeffe, Pádraig Foley, Harry Kehoe, Cathal Dunbar (5 each), Mark Fanning, Lee Chin, David Dunne, Conor Firman, Simon Donohoe, Aaron Maddock, Rory O’Connor (3 each), Jack Guiney, Willie Devereux, Eanna Martin (2 each), Eoin Moore, Conor O’Leary, Michael O’Regan (1 each).
On the scoresheet have been – Lee Chin 0-28 (16fs, 3 ’65s), Kevin Foley 0-12, Rory O’Connor 0-11 (3fs, 2 ’65s), David Dunne 2-3, Pádraig Foley 0-9 (5fs), Paul Morris 0-8 (4fs), Aidan Nolan 1-4 (1-0 pen.), Mark Fanning 0-7 (7fs), Conor McDonald 0-5, Diarmuid O’Keeffe 0-4, Jack O’Connor, Cathal Dunbar 0-3 each, Jack Guiney 0-2 (1f), Harry Kehoe, Shaun Murphy 0-1 each.
Galway’s Division 1B results:
JAN 28th (Salthill) – beat Antrim 1-19 to 1-16; FEB 3rd (Portlaoise) – beat Laois 2-18 to 0-17; FEB 18th (Salthill) – beat Offaly 2-19 to 0-14; FEB 25th (Parnell Park) – beat Dublin 1-20 to 1-14; MARCH 11th (Salthill) – lost to Limerick 2-18 to 1-19.
Micheál Donoghue has called on these 33 players so far (games played in brackets) – James Skehill, Adrian Tuohy, Johnny Coen, Niall Burke, Brian Concannon, Conor Cooney, Cathal Mannion, Davey Glennon (5 each), Aidan Harte, Gearóid McInerney, John Hanbury, Pádraig Mannion, Conor Whelan, Shane Cooney (4 each), Joseph Cooney, Jason Flynn, Seán Loftus, Shane Bannon (3 each), Jack Grealish, Eanna Burke, Paul Flaherty, Greg Lally (2 each), Matthew Donoghue, Daithí Burke, Martin Dolphin, Pádraig Breheny, Seán Linnane, Brian Flaherty, Kevin McHugo, Jack Coyne, David Burke, Shane Maloney, Joe Canning.
On the scoresheet have been – Jason Flynn 1-16 (0-12fs), Conor Cooney 0-18 (10fs, 1 ’65), Cathal Mannion 1-14, Joseph Cooney 2-7, Conor Whelan 2-1, Brian Concannon 1-2, Pádraig Mannion (2fs), Seán Loftus 0-5 each, Niall Burke, Aidan Harte 0-4 each, Eanna Burke, Paul Flaherty, Johnny Coen 0-3 each, Davy Glennon, Greg Lally (1 line-ball) 0-2 each, Martin Dolphin, John Hanbury, Pádraig Breheny, Seán Linnane, Joe Canning (1 ’65), David Burke 0-1 each.
