2022 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final – Wexford 3-30 Kerry 0-18

Wexford defeated Kerry by 3-30 to 0-18 in the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final on Saturday June 11th at Austin Stack Park Tralee.

Match Highlights

A quarter-final spot against Clare next weekend awaits @OfficialWexGAA as three second half goals helped them kill off a @Kerry_Official team that hurled courageously. Watch GAANOW highlights below! pic.twitter.com/R9qmuyOnEu

— The GAA (@officialgaa) June 13, 2022

Three second-half goals see Wexford breeze past Kerry in Tralee

Report by Michael Moynihan for the Irish Examiner newspaper

KERRY 0-18 WEXFORD 3-30

Wexford had too much for Kerry in this All-Ireland qualifier in Austin Stack Park, Tralee, with three second-half goals securing their win.

Early on the game went very much according to expectations, with Wexford seeking to put the contest to bed early on with the aid of the breeze.

Lee Chin’s accuracy from frees meant Wexford led 0-5 to 0-1 on ten minutes.

Kerry settled, however, and Podge Boyle matched Chin from placed balls: his fourth free meant Wexford led by only one on 20 minutes, 0-6 to 0-7.

Wexford struck back in spades, outscoring Kerry by 0-10 to 0-2 in the rest of the half. They were turned back when Rory O’Connor surged looking for a goal on 25 minutes, the Kerry defence blocking him twice, but Wexford led 0-16 to 0-8 at the break.

The visitors restarted with three points on the bounce before Boyle responded with a free – 0-19 to 0-9 on 42 minutes and Wexford fully in control.

Kerry hit three in a row – including a beautiful sideline from Eoin Ross – to keep their opponents in sight but Wexford were always able to maintain a significant cushion.

Their breakthrough goal came after a good move, with Conor McDonald blasting to the net on 54 minutes. Further goals by sub Conor Hearne and Rory O’Connor underlined their superiority.

Scorers for Kerry: P. Boyle (0-7, 5 frees); E. Ross (0-3, 1 sl); J. Conway (0-5, 3 frees, 1 65); P. O’Connor, S. Weir, F. Mackessy (0-1 each).

Scorers for Wexford: L. Chin (0-14, 10 frees, 1 65); C. McDonald (1-3); R. O’Connor (1-4, 1 free); C. Hearne (1-0); O. Foley (0-2); L. Og McGovern (0-2); M. Dwyer, D. Reck, M. O’Hanlon, L. Ryan, C. Devitt (0-1 each).

KERRY: L. Dee; C. O’Keeffe, E. Ross, E. Leen; S. Weir, F. Mackessy, M. Boyle; M. Leane, P. Boyle; C. Walsh, C. Harty, P. O’Connor (c); G. Dooley, J. Conway, S. Conway.
Subs: N. Mulcahy for S. Conway (31); M. O’Connor for Walsh (45); B. Lonergan for P. Boyle (52); M. Madden for Leen (60)

WEXFORD: M. Fanning; S. Donohoe, L. Ryan, C. Devitt; M. O’Hanlon, D. Reck, P. Foley; C. Dunbar, L. Chin (c); J. O’Connor, K. Foley, L. Og McGovern; O. Foley, C. MacDonald, R. O’Connor.
Subs: M. Dwyer for Dunbar (28, inj); C. McGuckian for J. O’Connor (58); C. Hearne for K. Foley (59); S. Reck for Devitt (60); C. Flood for Chin (68).

Referee: J. Murphy (Limerick).

Match Preview

Two All Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-final matches are scheduled for Saturday afternoon

— The GAA (@officialgaa) June 10, 2022

Match Information

Kerry return to action a week after losing the Joe McDonagh Cup final in disappointing circumstances, going down by a point to Antrim in an exciting game that produced a total of 9-46. Wexford finished third in the Leinster ‘round robin’ behind Galway and Kilkenny.

How they reached this stage: WEXFORD
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Wexford 1-19 Galway 1-19
Dublin 0-24 Wexford 0-23
Wexford 6-21 Laois 0-12
Wexford 0-21 Westmeath 2-15
Wexford 1-22 Kilkenny 1-18

Top Scorers
Lee Chin………………….0-37 (0-27 frees, 0-3 ‘65’)
Rory O’Connor………….1-12 (0-4 frees)
Conon McDonald……..2-8
Mark Fanning……………2-4 (2-0 pens, 0-4 frees)

How they reached this stage: KERRY
Joe McDonagh Cup
Down 1-19 Kerry 0-18
Kerry 3-21 Carlow 0-15
Kerry 6-25 Meath 0-13
Offaly 4-23 Kerry 2-28
Kerry 0-29 Antrim 2-21
Antrim 5-22 Kerry 4-24 (final)

Top Scorers
Pádraig Boyle……………3-64 (0-49 frees, 0-6 ‘65s’, 1-0 pen)
Shane Conway………….3-24(0-12 frees, 0-1 s/l)
Jordan Conway…………2-9
Maurice O’Connor……..4-1
Fionán Mackessy………..0-13

*This will be only the second championship game between the counties, with the first being played in 1891 when Kerry, represented by Ballyduff, beat Wexford, represented by Crossabeg (2-3 to 1-5 after extra-time) in the All-Ireland final. It was level at 1-1 each at the end of normal time before 30 minutes were played in extra-time.