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Diarmuid Lyng showed nerves of steel to grab Wexford's equaliser.

Wexford display true grit to salvage point

IT'S NOT too often that a draw leaves a spring in the step, but that was a feeling shared by all Wexford followers in Cusack Park, Ennis, on Sunday last at the end of a pulsating Allianz Hurling League Division 2 clash which saw the visitors deny Clare victory with a rousing comeback.

Niall Murphy who played his 100th Senior game for Wexford on Saturday.

Second defeat piles pressure on Wexford

By ALAN AHERNE In Kingspan Breffni Park CAVAN WEXFORD

THE DVD of Saturday's floodlit Allianz Football League Division 3 tie in Kingspan Breffni Park will not make for pleasant viewing for the Wexford mentors after the visitors took an unwanted step backwards in the quest for promotion with a disappointing defeat.

Codd bags a treble

LINGSTOWN ON Sunday last saw the largest crowd in years turn up for the Killinick Foxhounds meeting at the south county Wexford track.

No surprise in derby

WEXFORD WANDERERS put up a brave fight, particularly for the opening 20 minutes, but when Enniscorthy scored their first try the gulf in class showed in this Newstalk Provincial Towns Cup second round tie in Park Lane on Sunday last.

Tough step-up for Wexford

THE STEP-UP from 'B' to 'A' proved too much for Wexford as they went down to a big defeat to Dublin in the first round of the AllIreland Under-16 camogie championship in Monamolin on Saturday last.

Presentation's dream ends

THE NATIONAL Basketball Arena played host to the meeting of Presentation (Wexford) and St. Attracta's (Sligo) in the Under-16 All-Ireland semi-final on Thursday last.

Gordon D'Arcy is named on the Irish team to face Scotland despite injury

By ALAN AHERNE In Croke Park

GORDON D'ARCY'S frustration was evident as he departed the Croke Park surface early on Saturday last with a dead leg in the course of Ireland's convincing 27-12 win over Wales in the Six Nations.

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IT'S BEEN a somewhat crazy start to the season for Wexford Youths who bounced back from an opening game drubbing to deservedly take a point from highly-rated Shelbourne in this very entertaining Airtricity League Division 1 clash at Ferrycarrig Park on Sunday last.

'Tranquil Sea' looks capable of success

IT'S DAY two of the Cheltenham Festival at Prestbury Park and hopefully you won't be totally broke at this early stage. But rumour has it that if the four hotpots of the meeting, 'Master Minded', 'Kauto Star', 'Dunguib' and 'Big Bucks', all win, the bookmakers will nearly end up in the poorhouse, so if they all lose I suppose that the bookies all will be in a position to bail out NAMA!

FIRST DAY BLUES Solwhit fails to deliver as Cheltenham festival begins

By BRENDAN FURLONG

THE TOP of the Hill syndicate failed to deliver on the Smurfit Champion Hurdle when 'Solwhit' disappointed on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival yesterday (Tuesday).