Offaly v Antrim - Division 1B National Hurling league

Summary

Hurling Division 1B: Offaly 2-26 Antrim 0-17 (result)

Live Reporting

David Mohan

Half-timepublished at 14:27 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 1-14 Antrim 0-7
Offaly with a commanding lead at the half as a burst of 1-5 into the break, punctuated by that Dan Ravenhill goal, had them 10 clear.
A serious amount of work to do in the Antrim dressing room over the next 15 minutes to fugure out a way how to get into this as they have been decidedly second best so far.
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Offaly 1-14 Antrim 0-7
Yellow cardpublished at 14:23 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 1-14 Antrim 0-7
Declan McCloskey the third Antrim player into the book, this time for one foul too many and Duignan adds further punishment from the free.
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Declan McCloskey is among three Antrim players who received yellow cards in the first half in Tullamore
Postpublished at 14:21 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 1-13 Antrim 0-7
Into four minutes of added time as Duignan lands another.
Postpublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 1-12 Antrim 0-7
Sampson and Charlie Mitchell add points and suddenly, Offaly have put real daylight between the teams.
Goal - Dan Ravenhill (Offaly)published at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 1-10 Antrim 0-7
There's the goal Offaly have been threatening as Ravenhill gets on the end of a Killian Sampson delivery to finish low.
Postpublished at 14:17 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-10 Antrim 0-7
Duignan back on free-taking duty and lands it.
Postpublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-9 Antrim 0-7
And another for Seaan Elliott.
Postpublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-9 Antrim 0-6
Seaan Elliott has a shot at goal tipped over by Mark Troy, but it was a decent height for the Offaly goalkeeper.
Yellow cardpublished at 14:11 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-9 Antrim 0-5
Joe Maskey booked for a hefty challenge on Brian Duignan in between pointed frees swapped by McNaughton and Dan Ravenhill.
Postpublished at 14:09 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-8 Antrim 0-4
Daniel Bourke floats over and Offaly lead by double scores.
Antrim just being caught in possession too much and coughing up the ball too cheaply but a lot to do with the tenacity of the Offaly tackling.
Postpublished at 14:06 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-7 Antrim 0-4
Brian Duignan with another free for the Faithful.
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Antrim's Seaan Elliott attempts to block a clearance by Offaly's James Mahon
Postpublished at 14:05 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-6 Antrim 0-4
Killian Sampson with his second and James McNaughton hits back immediately.
Postpublished at 14:04 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-5 Antrim 0-3
Brian Duignan restores the two-point gap from a free.
Substitutionpublished at 14:02 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-4 Antrim 0-3
Offaly also forced into a change as Sam Bourke comes in for Padraig Cantwell.
Postpublished at 14:01 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-4 Antrim 0-3
James McNaughton pulls one back from a free.
Postpublished at 14:01 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-4 Antrim 0-2
Charlie Mitchell turns and scores for the hosts after the game became a little disjointed there for a brief period.
Substitutionpublished at 13:59 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-3 Antrim 0-2
Antrim forced into an early change as Gerard Walsh hobbles off to be replaced by Eoin McFerran.
Yellow cardpublished at 13:58 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-3 Antrim 0-2
Antrim's Niall McKenna first into the book for a late hit.
Postpublished at 13:55 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-3 Antrim 0-2
Offaly in front for the first time through Dan Ravenhill.
Great savepublished at 13:54 Greenwich Mean Time 9 February
Offaly 0-2 Antrim 0-2
Another great save from Ryan Elliott - this time from Brian Duignan who turned Gerard Walsh and raced through.