Defending League champions were welcoming back four all-Ireland winners but remain without a point
Wexford's Lee Chin is challenged by John Conlon of Clare during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A match at Cusack Park in Ennis. Photograph: James Lawlor/InphoWith both sides without a win this season, it was the Leinster side that deservedly shaded the contest after outscoring their incrementally flagging hosts by 1-18 to 0-11 in the final 50 minutes.
“That goes for Jack O’Connor and Kevin Foley too, who is also back today, so we had a bit of experience blended into our youth today. I still think it was the workmanlike intensity they brought that was key to this win. Kelly’s goal after only 90 seconds had Clare 1-2 clear but thanks to Chin’s elusiveness, allied to Cian Byrne’s frees, the visitors would finally make up the ground to regain parity by the 23rd minute.
Aidan McCarthy’s frees did eat into that deficit on the restart but surprisingly there was a lack of cutting edge up front for the defending champions, who uncharacteristically faded once Casey raided for a goal at the start of the final quarter. Remarkably, there would be no Banner backlash as aside for singles for Patrick Crotty and David Reidy, no other home forward would score from play in the second half.
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