Wexford manager JJ Doyle says they have a lot to work to do ahead of the All-Ireland U-21 HC final on Sunday, September 12th.

The Model County finished with 12 points to spare over Antrim in Semple Stadium today but their manager wasn't happy with some aspects of their play.

He was, however, pleased that his charges set the record straight following their surprise semi-final defeat at the hands of the Saffrons two years ago.

"Yeah, I suppose people were telling us two years ago by how much we were going to win and we didn't manage to get it done that day," he remarked to TG4 shortly after the final whistle.

"I think we learned lessons from it, we knew Antrim would probably set up a bit defensively, we probably didn't think it was going to be that defensive. It's very hard to break them down.

"And, even at that, we made some silly mistakes.

"Some of our shooting just wasn't on, too many wides, too many balls dropping into their spare men but I think when we pushed up a little bit further in the second-half we cut out their spare men and started using the ball a little bit better.

"We got the scores and semi-finals are all about getting to the final and that's what we've done.

"Obviously we'll have to play better the next day to have any chance of competing."

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