St. Martin's run as the team to beat in Wexford hurling is over. Rathnure beat the holders, cutting short their reign as county and Leinster champions. A result like this does not happen by accident, and the winners will feel they earned every scrap of it. For Rathnure, victory restores a club with deep history in the game to the centre of the conversation. St. Martin's must now absorb a first real check after a stretch in which the big prizes went their way. Local derbies carry their own edge, and the closeness of the rivalry makes defeats of this kind harder to take. Rathnure, in turn, walk away with a result they can lean on for the rest of the campaign.