Did you hear the one about the hurler who prepared for an All-Ireland U-21 semi-final by scoffing a bag of pick-and-mix? Jack Guiney did.

The Wexford forward reckons they owe Antrim a beating following last year's shock U-21 last four defeat at the hands of the Saffrons in Semple Stadium.

Antrim opponent Stephen McAfee - who hit Wexford for 1-4 - recently let Guiney in on the secrets of their success that day.

"I was talking to Stephen there last night," Guiney told the Irish Daily Star. "One of the Antrim players stopped into a garage for pick-and-mix.

"A massive bag of pick-and-mix sweets. Now, this is very hard to listen to when they're after beating you in an All-Ireland semi-final.

"But he was eating pick-and-mix sweets, the whole way down on the bus. And he must have had a sugar overdose by the time he got into the dressing-room.

"He said they didn't realise they could win that game until they got into the dressing-room at half-time.

"Your man that was eating the sweets on the bus was going around the dressing-room telling all the lads to eat some of the sweets.

"If you compare that to what we were saying at half-time ... it's very hard to listen to.

"But I wouldn't begrudge Antrim their win," the Rathnure star added. "They're a very solid bunch and you could see how much it meant to them.

"If we weren't focussed going into the game, we didn't deserve to win. Simple as that." Tweet

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