Shaun Murphy’s first thoughts after Wexford victory were of the minors

Shaun Murphy and Diarmuid O'Keeffe were nudged out of the Wexford dressing room by an amped-up Davy Fitzgerald.

Get out then and chat to the press gang. As much as Shaun Murphy and Diarmuid O'Keeffe would have wanted to bolt the door and live in that triumphant moment all day long, they obliged and were surrounded by reporters eager to get a taste of what was going on only a few feet away. To get their take on Wexford's first Leinster triumph since 2004. Murphy was beaming and cared little for the gash he had picked up during the three-point win. "I won’t be a model any time soon," he joked.

"That was Matthew O'Hanlon coming in! He was taking man, ball and everything, whatever was in the way. "It was unbelievable. The feeling in that dressing-room now is unreal. As a group of players we hadn’t experienced it. It’s something to remember and hold on to it. "But there’s nothing done yet. We’ll go home and enjoy this for a couple of days and then knuckle back down again for a couple of weeks’ time."

But that was not the first thing Murphy spoke about. The Oulart the Ballagh clubman's first thoughts, as he stood in front of the press pack, were of the minor team that, earlier that day, had won their first Leinster title in 34 years. "It was unreal feeling at the end," said Murphy. "It was a long gap.

"Especially with the minors winning in the morning as well, it will be exciting times. It was just pure teamwork. Everyone together putting their shoulder to the wheel and that got us over the line."

They are all in this together, down in Wexford. It is why the Wexford Ladies team will be feted and acclaimed by the crowds at Innovate Park on Monday evening, along with the triumphant minors, Murphy, O'Hanlon and all the Wexford senior hurlers. https://twitter.com/OfficialWexGAA/status/1145454285750190086 This is Murphy's eighth year with the senior panel and there were plenty of markers along the way, when he and his teammates were coming up the ranks, that Wexford could start winning big trophies at the highest level. What has added to that belief has been this Wexford side starting to turn the tide on a Kilkenny outfit that had them under their thumb for a long stretch.