It was far from convincing, but Wicklow came away from Dungarvan with the two points in their Division 4 clash with Waterford.<\/p>\n
In driving wind and rain at Cappoquin Logistics Fraher Field, they found a way past the hosts, grinding out a hard-fought five-point win.<\/p>\n
The D\u00e9ise had led at the interval, 0-05 to 0-04, but playing into a testing wind, that one-point lead became all the more precarious, with the Garden County surging back.<\/p>\n
Dean Healy was a key figure in their rally. Superb in the second half, he edged Wicklow ahead on 53 minutes before Kevin Quinn’s free pushed it out to two.<\/p>\n
Jack Kirwan nearly hit the net it in the 58th minute, his close-range strike cannoning off the post.<\/p>\n
Moments later Healy raised the first orange flag. Waterford replied through Dermot Ryan \u2013 who’d been excellent all evening \u2013 and suddenly it was 0-11 to 0-09 with five minutes left to play.<\/p>\n
The D\u00e9ise pushed and probed, but the visitors held firm.<\/p>\n
Substitute Joe Prendergast sealed it in stoppage time \u2013 two points from intricate handpassing \u2013 and James Walsh’s evening ended in chaos for Waterford, with a black, yellow and red card all in the span of ten seconds.<\/p>\n
Waterford were better than the scoreboard suggested, Ryan Murray and Conor Murray in particular stood out.<\/p>\n
In the first half, there had only been three scores from play. Waterford had taken an early 0-03 to 0-01 lead before three without reply pushed Ois\u00edn McConville’s side in front by the 24th minute.<\/p>\n
Points from Tommy Martin and Stephen Curry had Waterford in front at the break, but having played with the wind, they needed a bigger margin.<\/p>\n
For Waterford, the wait for a win drags on. Their last victory came in March 2025 against London, and this defeat \u2013 in front of their own supporters \u2013 will sting.<\/p>\n
Waterford: Paudie Hunt; Billy Hynes, Adam Crawford, Conor \u00d3 Cuirr\u00edn; Liam Mulligan, Michael Curry, Michael O\u2019Brien; Caoimh\u00edn Walsh, Darragh Walsh; Tommy Martin (0-01), Dermot Ryan (0-04, 1tp, 2fs), Conor Murray (0-01); James Walsh (0-01), Stephen Curry (0-02, 1f), Paddy McCarthy.<\/p>\n
Subs: Adam Murray for McCarthy (55), Conor Fennell for C Walsh (63), Colin Foley for M Curry (73).<\/p>\n
Wicklow: Mark Jackson; Cian Deering, Craig Maguire, Tom Moran; Gavin Fogarty, Eoin Murtagh, Darragh Fee (0-01); Dean Healy (0-03, 1tp), Jack Hardy; Cillian McDonald (0-01), Padraig O\u2019Toole, Kevin Quinn (0-02, 1f); Oisin McGraynor (0-01, 1f), Sean Murphy, Eoin Darcy (0-02, 1f).<\/p>\n
Subs: Conor Fee for McGraynor (23-28 temp), JP Nolan (0-02) for McGraynor (ht), Jack Kirwan for Murphy (47), Joe Prendergast (0-02) for Fogarty (63), Liam O\u2019Neill for Darcy (65), Jacques McCall for Murtagh (70).<\/p>\n
Referee: Jonathan Hayes (Limerick).<\/p>\n
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