Evans still confident Tipp can avoid drop

TIPPERARY boss John Evans remains confident his team can maintain their NFL Division Two status.

Tipp have two games left in the battle to avoid the drop – a visit to Armagh on Sunday followed by a vital home fixture against Westmeath on April 11. But the Premier County now find themselves in a dangerous position after falling to a third defeat in five matches on Saturday evening.

Donegal can count themselves fortunate to have claimed maximum points from their trip to SempleStadium but John Joe Doherty’s men are now surely clear of the relegation zone and back in the hunt forpromotion.