After a week of debate and a huge number of votes, the results are in. We can reveal our ninth 15 for 30 team - Wexford's best county hurling team of the last 30 years, as voted by the public.
Former Wexford captain Diarmuid Lyng joined us earlier in the week to make his selections, which you can listen to here, but in the end, it was your votes that counted.
Over the course of the week, votes came in for over 60 players, but of course, only 15 could be named.
Big votes for Martin Storey, Damien Fitzhenry, Tom Dempsey, Liam Dunne and Larry O'Gorman were no surprise, but it speaks to Wexford's recent revival as a hurling county that current stars Lee Chin and Conor McDonald both broke into the top 5 in the voting.
Rory McCarthy's flexibility sees him selected at half back, just one of the four lines in which he appeared for Wexford in his glittering career. The abundance of forwards selected also means that current star Rory O'Connor is this week's unlucky candidate. Almost every week in 15 for 30 series so far, a cornerback receives the 16th most votes, and a forward is sacrificed for the team to make sense. This week is no exception with O'Connor only pipping Keith Rossiter by three votes!
The biggest name not on the team is probably Wexford legend George O'Connor, with voters seemingly deciding that the two time All-Star midfielders best days lay outside of the timeframe at hand. O'Connor's final year in the yellow and purple came in their All-Ireland winning year of 1996.
The final team lines up as follows:
1. Damien Fitzhenry;
2. Liam Ryan, 3. Darragh Ryan, 4. Keith Rossiter;
5. Rory McCarthy, 6. Liam Dunne, 7. Larry O'Gorman;
8. Adrian Fenlon, 9. Diarmuid O'Keeffe;
10. Martin Storey, 11. Lee Chin, 12. Larry Murphy;
13. Tom Dempsey, 14. Conor McDonald, 15. Rory Jacob.
Unsurprisingly, the 1996 All-Ireland winning team makes up a good portion of the team, with eight of them making the final lineup. The 2004 Leinster winning team is also heavily represented with Rory Jacob, Darragh Ryan and Keith Rossiter joining the five players who had survived from eight years previous.
Davy Fitzgerald's current Leinster champions have also made an impression on the lineup with Liam Ryan and current All-Star Dee O'Keeffe joining Chin and McDonald final XV.
The Top 30 in order of votes received in all positions was as follows:
1. Martin Storey
2. Damien Fitzhenry
3. Lee Chin
4. Conor McDonald
5. Tom Dempsey
6. Liam Dunne
7. Larry O'Gorman
8. Rory Jacob
9. Darragh Ryan
10. Rory McCarthy
11. Diarmuid O'Keeffe
12. Adrian Fenlon
13. Liam Ryan
14. Larry Murphy
15. Rory O'Connor
16. Keith Rossiter
17. Paul Codd
18. Diarmuid Lyng
19. Colm Kehoe
20. George O'Connor
21. Sean Flood
22. Declan Ruth
23. Billy Byrne
24. Paul Morris
25. Matthew O'Hanlon
26. Ger Cushe
27. Liam Óg McGovern
28. Michael Jacob
29. Rod Guiney
T30. John O'Connor
T30. Mitch Jordan
SEE ALSO:
The Best Kerry Team Of The Last 30 Years
The Best Clare Team Of The Last 30 Years
The Best Mayo Team Of The Last 30 Years
The Best Armagh Team Of The Last 30 Years
The Best Tipperary Team Of The Last 30 Years
The Best Meath Team Of The Last 30 Years
