Absorbing game of nip and tuck in the Aviva this afternoon as Wexford deservedly shaded a close game between two evenly matched teams. With Wexford having been able to focus almost entirely on this game for a number of weeks, while Peamount may have expended more mentally in deservedly securing the league title last weekend, it was Wexford who just looked the more focussed in the pre-match warm-ups and at the start of the game. Wexford began with Ciamh in goal, a back four of Lynn, Nicola, Lauren Dwyer and Lolly, a midfield of Aisling, Edel, Kylie and Ciara and with Lauren Kelly and Rianna Jarrett up front. Wexford often start a bit slowly but they were eagerly out of the blocks in this game as they put pressure on the Peamount defence right from the start. It led to an early goal for Wexford when, on three minutes, Lauren Kelly snuck one into the bottom corner with Niamh Reid Burke in the Peamount goal possibly unsighted. Wexford then continued to play well although Peamount had an early corner which came to nothing and then the excellent Aine O’Gorman for Peamount had a shot past the Wexford post which went a yard wide. Peamount then got the equaliser when Karen Duggan picked up the ball just outside the Wexford penalty area and blasted one past Ciamh Dollard in the Wexford goal to leave it at 1-1. However, Wexford regained the lead immediately afterwards when Lauren Kelly lofted a shot past Niamh Reid Burke to put Wexford back into the lead at 2-1. Peamount’s Aine O’Gorman then clipped a shot from the left wing onto the top of the Wexford crossbar and over and, just before the break, Rianna Jarrett smacked one into the side-netting of the Peamount goal. 2-1 to Wexford at half-time.
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