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Mon 07 Jul 2007Kilkenny cruise in second gearLeinster SHC final/ Kilkenny 2-24 Wexford 1-12: There should be a black box, some device for hurling's forensics people to examine as they sift through the wreckage of this Wexford performance.There needs to be clues as to what went wrong. Instead, there is just that damning statistic of a scoreline and the memory of a team shouting mayday, mayday from the fourth minute, when Kilkenny hit their opening goal.