WEXFORD BOSS DARRAGH Egan has hailed the addition of former Ireland and Leinster rugby player Gordon D\u2019Arcy to the county\u2019s hurling setup.<\/p>\n
D\u2019Arcy has joined Wexford as a member of the backroom team, which also features Billy Walsh, the current USA boxing coach that formerly served in that role with Ireland.<\/p>\n
Tipperary native Egan is in his first year as Wexford manager and saw his team at the weekend qualify for the Walsh Cup final next Saturday against Dublin in Croke Park.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old is pleased to be able to lean on experienced sporting figures like Walsh and D\u2019Arcy.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s vital for me number one, I was talking to Billy today again before the match and he\u2019s just a huge support for me and for the players, that they will be working with him as the year progresses,\u201d said Egan, when speaking to South-East Radio after Saturday\u2019s game with Kilkenny.<\/p>\n
\u201cGordon is with us on all match days, he has been absolutely brilliant with us. Very, very good for me. We have that conversation when I\u2019m driving down on a Tuesday evening, we get a good 40 minutes or an hour conversation, just based on the previous weekend and stuff that we can work on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Egan outlined what D\u2019Arcy has to offer their setup.<\/p>\n
\n Wexford manager Darragh Egan.<\/p>\n
Source: Ben Whitley\/INPHO<\/p>\n
\u201cLook that man has been in dressing-rooms (in) some of the biggest days in Irish rugby and Lions rugby and so on,\u00a0 and he\u2019s a good Wexford man. He really loves his hurling. He\u2019s some brilliant kind of ideas for us and brilliant kind of match day tips and tricks for me. He\u2019s imparting that information to us at the moment, so it\u2019s great.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven pre-match and so on, Gordon would be keeping an eye on how warm-ups are going and things like that, some of the bits of information that he gives to me then, it\u2019s real quirky stuff. It wouldn\u2019t be run-of-the-mill GAA thinking but he\u2019s looking at how the players are focused, what\u2019s their application like in the warm-up.<\/p>\n
\n Get closer to the stories that matter with exclusive analysis, insight and debate in The42 Membership.\n <\/p>\n
Become a Member<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cEven in-game it\u2019s not hurling information he\u2019s giving, he\u2019s giving body language information, he\u2019s giving how the substitutes are preparing, are they watching, are they ready for the game, are they focused?<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a great asset around the place and I think he\u2019s working very well with the backroom, so hopefully he works very well for us throughout the year.\u201d<\/p>\n