IN many ways, this defeat summed up Offaly s campaign in the Leinster U-20 Football Championship. A promising side, albeit hamstrung by injuries, never quite go.
WHILE Wicklow missed their share as well, Offaly had only themselves to blame as they suffered a devastating one point defeat in the second round of the Leinste.
OFFALY paid the ultimate price for losing their shape and abandoning the game that has served them so well over th past two years when Kildare ended their reign.
Offaly 4-13 Carlow 0-6 OFFALY coasted into the semi-finals of the Leinster U-20 Football Championship with a very easy, very impressive win over a woefully outc.
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