Scenes at Nowlan Park.
Wexford have once again defeated Kilkenny but this time they made a bit of history in doing so.
With the Walsh Cup final ending level, at 1-21 to 1-21, in regulation, we were off to extra time. The sides could still not be separated and, with the match ending 1-24 apiece, it was off to a free-taking shootout.
This was the first time in the GAA’s history that the Walsh Cup would be decided by such a shoot-out and followed on from a similar tie-breaker in the Meath and Longford football game last weekend.
Kilkenny raced into a 2-0 lead during the shootout, with efforts being pinged from 65 metres out, but Conor MacDonald made a good connection to keep Wexford in the hunt.
The drama was palpable, in the video [below] and on the rival Twitter accounts:
There scene from Nowlan Park pic.twitter.com/9kR2XMt35J
— Kilkenny GAA (@KilkennyCLG) January 20, 2018
JAck Guiney steps up = and scores
— Wexford GAA (@OfficialWexGAA) January 20, 2018
Alan Murphy, a miss
— Kilkenny GAA (@KilkennyCLG) January 20, 2018
John Walsh – foul ball!!!!!!! what and end…………. Wexford are victorious!!!!!!!!
— Wexford GAA (@OfficialWexGAA) January 20, 2018
From 2-0 up to losing it 3-2, it was a shootout Kilkenny will not enjoying looking back on.
For everyone else, the fun begins around 1:29:00…
