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Published 14:43 1 Apr 2019 BST
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“It was excellent,” said O’Doherty. “We went in four points up at half time and regrouped and the girls came out and wee absolutely amazing. They scored 3-4 in quick succession and finished off the game. “We’re really happy. We have two games left against Tyrone away and against Cavan in Fitzgerald Stadium. We want to finish off the league with two wins and that should see us into the semi-final. “Our aim at the start of the year was to make the final. That’s on track at the moment so were delighted.”
Kerry got off to a flying start as they raced into a 0-3 to 0-0 lead after three minutes, but they surged clear when Miriam O’Keeffe hit the net in the sixth minute.
But Wexford didn’t lie down and tagged on a couple of good scores, before they pulled to within a point after Rochford’s goal for the Leinster girls.
Ni Mhuircheartaigh kept Kerry in the ascendancy with a couple of scores as Wexford stayed in touch at the other end, but just before half-time Houlihan rattled the net for Kerry’s second goal, which put them 2-7 to 1-6 ahead at the break.
Any hopes that Wexford held disappeared when Ni Mhuircheartaigh and Fiadhna Tagney scored goals for Kerry inside the first six minutes of the second half to put the Kingdom into a ten-point lead. Ni Mhuircheartaigh bagged her second midway though the second half, and despite Breen responding for Wexford, Kerry wrapped up the win when Houlihan hit goal number six.
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