Kilkenny suffered their first set back of this season's Oscar Traynor Trophy on Wednesday evening losing to South-East rivals Carlow.
Two first half Carlow goals from Brandon Kelly and Ryan Byrne set the away side on their way to the win.
Kilkenny's fortunes looked set to take a turn for the better right at the start of the second half when a Mikey Drennan delivery found Decky McQuillan who flicked the Carlow goalkeeper to bring the gap down to one.
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However, despite pressure from the Kilkenny side, Carlow withstood everything thrown at them by Gary Maher's men and they sealed the win in the dying minutes with a third goal from Adam Steed.
Kilkenny now have three points after two games and are level on points with Carlow while Wexford sit top of the tree on six points.
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