Cahill demands more from Antrim

ANTRIM’S hurlers safely secured a place in the next phase of qualifiers with an eight-point win over Carlow at Casement Park on Saturday, but manager Dinny Cahill felt the level of performance wouldn’t be enough to get past the next round.

Antrim scored 0-23 over the 70 minutes and fully deserved their victory but the opposition on July 9 will be in a different league. In between they face Armagh in the Ulster final and Cahill will use that game to give more players game time in preparation for a crack at one of the bigger fish.

“The first half I wouldn’t have been too pleased with but to go in on level terms with the way we played was okay and we showed in the second half that we could open up and play better hurling,” said the Tipp native.