Davy Fitzgerald was breathing a sigh of relief after Wexford produced a late surge to pip Dublin in yesterday's Leinster SHC encounter at Innovate Wexford Park.

Three injury-time points from Rory O'Connor (two) and sub Harry Kehoe gave the Model County a 0-22 to 2-14 win, with Fitzgerald insisting that they shouldn't have had to rely on those late scores. 

"We shouldn't have been in that position," the Wexford manager told RTE.

"We should have had the game out of sight with 10 minutes to go. We caused the problems ourselves and we nearly paid the price but fair play to the guys, they dug it out at the end. That was good. Under pressure, we got the result."

He added: "We gave away two soft goals. Dublin fought hard right to the end and when a team gets momentum at the very end, it's hard to stop them.

"They hung in with us all the time and they just got a break near the end of the game. I'd say we led for most of the game. The thing I'm delighted about is the character they showed. Fair play to them.

"Rory (O'Connor) is a special talent but I'll tell you one thing, he knows as well that there were 14 other guys who blocked and tackled. I thought our tackling today was immense. 

"I'm extremely proud of the way we worked hard to day. I think that was phenomenal."

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