The Wexford Hurling Podcast

We try dissect a disappointing weekend of underage action, and then look ahead to the Senior team's trip to Salthill for a crucial clash with Galway. We were joined by Richie Kehoe to discuss.

Wexford were beaten by Dublin in an enthralling contest on Saturday evening. It's now imperative we get a result in Galway on 10th May. We were joined by former Dublin and Tipperary Hurler Ryan O'Dwyer and the Legendary Larry O'Gorman to discuss.

Wexford's road to the Leinster Final - Step 1, beat Antrim in Chadwicks Wexford Park in Round 1 ✅ Wexford ran out 2-24 - 0-19 winners for our first win in Round 1 of the round robin since 2018 v Dublin in Parnell Park. They are up next. We're joined by Antrim's Conor McCann and our own JJ Doyle. With thanks to the Enniscorthy Credit Union

Wexford begin their 2025 Leinster Hurling campaign this weekend as we welcome Antrim to Chadwicks Wexford Park. We're joined by Doc O'Connor and Ed Rowsome to discuss Wexford's championship prospects as we start to dream of Leinster success!

We are joined by Wexford selector Jason Ryan this week to chat about the recent league campaign, signing off in positive style beating Limerick on their home turf, despite hitting 21 wides. Performances are improving, bodies are recovering and the countdown to championship begins. Jason talks to us about his role within the camp, his continuous journey of learning and the differences between inter...

Wasteful Wexford were frustratingly defeated by Galway in a game they probably should have won. We now have one foot in Division 1B. We were joined Wexford All Star Larry Murphy and Galway All Star Liam Hodgins.

Wexford have got their campaign up and running with a great win over All Ireland Champions Clare down in Ennis. We were joined by former Wexford goalkeeping coach and former Clare goalkeeper Noel Considine for the chat.

Wexford slumped to a 3rd defeat in a row and the 1st half performance vs Kilkenny was particularly worrying. We're all trying to be patient with the young crop coming through. The legendary Ursula Jacob and 8 time All Ireland winner with Kilkenny Taggy Fogarty joined the pod this week to calm us all down.

Wexford improve but still go down to Tipp and everyone is predicting relegation. A huge performance is required against Kilkenny in Wexford Park on Saturday. We were joined By Tipperary All Star and All Ireland winner Shane McGrath, and the cultured Ed Rowsome, with a few trips down memory lane also.

From the famous Quigley family, Eoin burst on the scene in 2004 in Wexford's dramatic victory over Kilkenny in the Leinster Semi Final. We chat about his career with Wexford, his time in Cork and Wexford's disappointing start to this year's league.

The man you'd go to war with. Matthew O'Hanlon will go down as one of our greatest ever defenders and greatest ever captains. His emergence coincided with a turn in fortunes for both club and county, and his role in both cannot be understated. Currently in Australia, Matt gave us the time to talk through his career and how he came to the decision to finish after 14 seasons in Purple and Gold.

Both St Martins and Rathnure won at the weekend to give us a perfect start in the club Leinster campaigns, while Askamore became Junior B Champions. Firstly we are joined by Askamore legend Martin Hayden to look back on their historic win, then Edmond Rowsome jumps in to look at the 3 clubs we have competing in Leinster.

We're joined on the podcast by Rathnure selector Dermot Flynn for a chat about their Intermediate County Final success against a spirited St James' while we also catch up with Garry Laffan for a review of that Final, Duffry Rovers Junior win and a look ahead to the Leinster campaigns that await our County Champions!

St Martins triumphed over St Annes in a captivating affair on Sunday to win their 5th Senior Title, while Liam Mellows won their first hurling title in 57 years after a brilliant game vs Monagear Boolavogue. We were joined by man of the match from the Senior final Rory O'Connor, scorer of the winning point from the Intermediate A final Brendan Halpin, and Wexford Senior Hurling manager Keith Rossi...

St Annes take on St Martins in the 2024 Wexford Senior Hurling Final and we are joined by Garry Laffan and Richie Kehoe to look back over the semi-finals and look ahead to the mouthwatering final!

The Wexford club hurling semi-finals are approaching (at least most of them are) so we catch up with Oularts Des Mythen to chat about the quarter-finals, the teams in form and look ahead to the semi-finals. There are a few controversies to talk about too!

The brilliant Hurling for Cancer takes place on Monday, 12th of August in Netwatch Dr Cullen Park in Carlow at 7 pm and we are joined by one of the main organisers James Dowling and the greatest hurling manager of all time, Liam Griffin for a fun build up to the game!

This week on The Wexford Hurling Podcast, Ben and Garry sit down with former Wexford and Oulart star Rory Jacob to discuss the Wexford v Clare All Ireland 1/4 final. We talk: - Mícheál O'Muircheartaigh magic - Impact of the red card - O'Donnell's goal - Extra steps for holding? - Matchups - Where is Wexford hurling? - Hurler of the Week

We're joined this week on The Wexford Hurling Podcast by Wexford All Ireland winner and All-Star Larry Murphy to discuss: - 12-point win v Laois in prelim quarter-final - Fixture controversy as quarter-final clashes with Feile - Do or Die vs Clare - Likely matchups

Wexford go to Portlaoise Saturday evening for a Preliminary Quarter Final. We're clear favourites but cannot be in anyway complacent. We have been punished before at the hands of Joe Fortune, former Westmeath manager. We talk championship structures, underage development, mindset and of course a look ahead to our game vs Laois with Joe, a proud Enniscorthy man.

A defeat by the minimum means the Leinster Final has eluded us again. They gave everything but it wasn't to be, but we're still in it with a preliminary quarter final to come. It was a game that was there for the taking but ran away from us in the third quarter. We were joined by former sparring partners to discuss, former Wexford Hurler Malachy Travers and former Kilkenny Hurler Eddie Brennan,

Wexford performed superbly in defeating Carlow. This sets up a huge final game in the Leinster Round Robin in Nowlan Park vs Kilkenny. A win puts us into a Leinster Final. The minor team lost to Dublin and will now face Cork in a preliminary QF on Saturday. We were joined by Declan Ruth and Ed Rowsome to discuss.

There was a busy week of action for our underage teams as the u20s finished up with a defeat to Dublin, while the minor team advanced to a semi final after taking care of Offaly and look ahead to another trip to Parnell Park. The Senior team face Carlow on Sunday in a must win and the task all of a sudden looks much more difficult after seeing them take a point from Kilkenny. We discuss with Willi...

Following a disappointing result vs Antrim, Wexford's backs were against the wall. When it was needed they delivered an outstanding performance in Wexford Park on Saturday to get our first championship victory against Galway since 1996. We discuss the game and look ahead with promise to our next two games, with Wexford legend Billy Byrne and legendary Galway manager Cyril Farrell.

Wexford suffered a damaging defeat to Antrim on Saturday, losing a lead in the closing stages again. We try to analyze what went wrong and where we can go from here. We were joined by our legendary captain Martin Storey and the Antrim great Sambo McNaughton.