More than just relegation at stake

CLOCKS go forward at 1am tomorrow morning. Thirteen and a half hours later, championship-esque fare comes early for Offaly and Wexford as they meet in a battle which will have a major say on their hurling for the next couple of years.

With each team showing zero points from their opening four games and facing uphill battles to collect anything from their last two rounds after tomorrow, it is rightly billed as the game of the day for all the wrong reasons. Both Offaly and Wexford managers have decried the current league format where one team goes down as unfair.

However, Faithful legend Johnny Pilkington thinks they are protesting too much about the impact the drop would have on their championship prospects.