Wexford footballers welcome back key players for Tailteann Cup campaign
A number of key players will return to the fold for the Wexford footballers as they get their Tailteann Cup campaign under way with a home game against Longford on Saturday, May 10 at 6.30 p.m.
The Slaneysiders comfortably beat Mike Solan's side by 2-18 to 1-10 in Glennon Brothers Pearse Park in March to make it seven wins from seven in the league, and they will be confident of repeating the trick with the likes of Martin O'Connor, Eoghan Nolan, Shane Pettit and Jack Higgins having recovered from injury.
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