Wexford maintained their interest in the WNL league after a very hard-fought win against Galway tonight in Ferrycarrig Park, but they still need someone to do them a favour by taking points off an excellent Shelbourne side so that the title can return to Ferrycarrig Park. With Kylie Murphy now back from that disgraceful suspension, Gary Hunt made the obvious change to the cup-final team and started with Sophie, Nicola, Jess, Lolly, Amy, Aisling, Kylie, Emma, Linda and Aoibhin and Claire up front. The first half was very even with a Galway side, who are very lively going forward, posing just as much attacking threat as the home team. WYW had a decent chance on nine minutes when a Wexford corner bobbled around the Galway penalty area, but Hughes in the Galway goal was able to push the resulting shot around the post for a corner. On 20 minutes, Claire O'Riordan was just unable to smack a header home after a good cross from the lively Aisling Frawley. However, Sophie Lenehan in the Wexford goal had to be on form to block a Galway attacker who was running in at an angle, and Sophie did even better to palm away the subsequent Galway cross for a corner. On 25 minutes, Wexford edged ahead when fantastic work by Claire O'Riordan down the left wing put Aisling Frawley in the clear, and her cross was steered home by Aoibhin Webb for 1-0 to the home side. The match remained reasonably even from then until half-time with Emma Hansberry shooting just wide for WYW and a busy Sophie Lenehan doing well a grab a dangerous Galway cross just before the break. 1-0 to Wexford at half-time.
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