Second half began with Galway looking brighter and after two minutes, Graham had to advance quickly to block a Galway forward from taking a shot from fifteen yards out. On 12 minutes, the useful Manning had a free header but Graham got down low to grab it. Then, on fifteen minutes a Galway cross found Manning free in the box and his looped header left the advancing Graham helpless for 1-0 to the away side. Wexford's passing, which had never been great, then deteriorated further as they tried to get back into the game with the result that Galway were given regular opportunities to have a run at an unprotected Wexford defence. As a result, Graham was called upon again and again to stop Galway efforts although most of his saves were fairly routine. In contrast, nothing was happening for Wexford in the final third and Gleeson had very little to do in the Galway goal. With 15 minutes to go, Ben and Graham Delaney came on for Shane Nolan and Rocks, who had received treatment on a couple of occasions.
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