Wexford senior hurling manager Seamus Murphy is hoping to convince Paul Codd that he still has a role to play in the county's championship campaign.
Codd, who is training and lining out regularly with his club Rathnure, recently announced that he was quitting inter-county hurling owing to work commitments.
The attacking ace felt he was unable to devote enough time to training to remain at the top at inter-county level, but Murphy, now that Codd's busy potato sowing season is behind him, is set to meet his Rathnure club colleague over the next few days.
The news will be widely welcomed given Wexford's dismal displays in their closing two league games when they suffered heavily at the hands of both Kilkenny and Galway, which ended their interests.
Now they must look ahead to the championship with Murphy proclaiming "those defeats were a real downer."
Wexford await the preliminary group winners, Dublin or Laois, for their provincial semi-final clash, but already Murphy feels that his side is in desperate need of more physical presence, particularly in attack, which is why he is going down the Codd route.
"I've never closed the door on Paul for I feel he has still much to offer the team. I understand his predicament but having watched him with Rathnure on a few occasions over the past month, he's hurling as well as ever, even playing out of the centre-back position," said Murphy.
Codd who has been made his club's captain this year is putting a huge effort into his club commitments both in training, league and challenge games.
Murphy said: "The catalyst to his return to the squad is that he is over his busy potato sowing period. Now that he has this busy period behind him, hopefully he will see a way back to the squad. 'I'll meet him over the next few days. Hopefully the response will be positive."
Meanwhile Murphy welcomes back midfielder Adrian Fenlon to training tonight having missed the league owing to exams, but star full-back Darragh Ryan is still some way off a return.
