Antrim 3-22 Offaly 2-24 A GUTTED Offaly had a morale boosting win snatched from their finger tips when an Antrim goal deep in injury time denied them in the Joe.
Under no illusions before the start of the National Hurling League that Division 1 hurling was way too big of a step for them, Offaly were given a very big welc.
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A devastated Luke Egan after the final whistle.
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GALLANT defeats and hard luck stories are certainly no good to Offaly hurlers and footballers as they bid to rise to another level but the U-20 hurlers can take great solace in the way they performed in a heartbreaking Leinster semi-final defeat to Dublin in Parnell Park this evening.
Leinster U-20 Hurling Championship semi-final
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