Joe McDonagh Cup round-up: Looking a three horse race now

Offaly manager Michael Fennelly. ©INPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan

The Joe McDonagh Cup is looking like a three horse race between Antrim, Offaly and Kerry after the weekend’s results, with Carlow and Down both suffering their second defeat in succession by narrow margins.

Offaly’s trip to Tralee in a fortnight now looks like the crucial contest in terms of reaching the Joe McDonagh Cup final, following the Faithful County’s 1-26 to 2-18 win over Down in Ballycran yesterday, where Eoghan Cahill (0-16, 0-12f) and Killian Sampson (1-5) carried the bulk of the scoring load for Michael Fennelly’s side.