Cork–Wexford hurling rivalry
The Cork-Wexford rivalry is a hurling rivalry between Irish county teams Cork and Wexford, who first played each other in 1890. The fixture has been an irregular one due to both teams playing in separate provinces. Cork's home ground is Páirc Uí Chaoimh and Wexford's home ground is Innovate Wexford Park, however, most of their championship meetings have been held at neutral venues, usually Croke Park. While Cork are regarded as one of the "big three" of hurling, with Kilkenny and Tipperary completing the trio, Wexford are ranked joint fifth in the all-time roll of honour and have enjoyed sporadic periods of dominance at various stages throughout the history of the championship. The two teams have won a combined total of 36 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles. As of 2015 Cork and Wexford have met twelve times in the hurling championship including meeting six times at the All Ireland final stage where Cork hold the upper hand with five victories to Wexford's sole triumph. History 1954-1956: the friendly rivalry On 5 September 1954 a record crowd of 84,856 packed Croke Park to see the first championship clash of Cork and Wexford in over half a century. Cork scored the opening