Cribbin content as Offaly slip past Déise

OFFALY’S quietly efficient progress through the All-Ireland qualifiers continued at home in Tullamore on Saturday yet they laboured before advancing past Waterford.

The victory did not require the hunger that Offaly displayed in fashioning an extra-time success over Clare in the previous round but this was another battle against Munster opponents for the Faithful men.

Offaly have found the championship landscape to be barren over the last few seasons but after two wins in succession, manager Tom Cribbin feels his team are developing.