Lennon: Colleges set O’Byrne Cup bar

LOUTH forward Shane Lennon has defended the presence of college teams in the O’Byrne Cup and claimed they have raised the bar for inter-county teams.

The Kilkerley man, a former O’Byrne and Sigerson Cup player with UCD where he studied sports management, believes it’s in county teams’ best interests to face the third level sides at this time of year.

In the wake of their 20-point defeat to DIT last Sunday, Wexford’s Redmond Barry complained that the Dublin college had an unfair advantage over the Slaneysiders as they have been allowed to train in November and December.