Liam Dunne expressed satisfaction with Wexford's fitness levels after last night's victory over Waterford.

The Model men showed few signs of fatigue as they came through their third championship match in as many weeks to set up an All-Ireland quarter-final meeting with beaten Munster finalists Limerick in Thurles next Sunday.

"It was a tough game out there and you have to say there were guys looking a little fatigued at the end of the game and that's natural enough," the Wexford manager said.

"We have one of the best trainers that I've ever met in Gerry Fitzpatrick and he does a superb job.

"All the guys are in good shape. Our fitness level was questioned for a number of years, but there's no better way to try to build a team than get the games that we've got.

"I've said for a couple of years that to get up to play the top teams is what we need to do. These guys will only improve from this regardless of what happens next week."

The 1996 All-Ireland winner was always confident that Wexford would win, even when they had a seven-point lead wiped out midway through the second half.

"No, there was no panic at all. It was just mayhem, that's what it was! I was just waiting for the guys to respond again," he continued.

"I just felt that full forward line had them in trouble all the time if we could get the ball into them. At the same time they had (Michael) 'Brick' Walsh playing back as a sweeper and at the same time Kevin Moran was playing back at times as a sweeper too.

"But when Waterford felt they needed to go and win the game and Kevin Moran pushed up, it created space for our fellas and we took advantage of it.

"We still missed chances though so we have a lot to improve on still." Tweet

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