Antrim up against it, admits Donnelly

THEY’RE massive underdogs, were pushed to the pin of their collars by lowly Armagh in the Ulster final and face a Tipperary team containing eight of the All-Ireland senior final panel.

It’s hard to see how things could possibly appear any bleaker for Antrim ahead of this afternoon’s trip to Tullamore for their All-Ireland U21 semi-final. That is until you ask captain Cormac Donnelly how the northerners’ preparations have gone and he tells you they ‘haven’t really been together much’ as a panel.

“It’s been hard to get the players out for the U21s because we’re in the middle of the club championship at the minute,” revealed Donnelly. “You can’t blame the clubs for looking for players for the championship. But we haven’t really been together much.”