23 Oct 2025
23 Oct 2025
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The curtain came down on a fantastic season for Offaly when Cork eliminated them in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship preliminary quarter-final. Offaly achieved their big 2024 ambitions of winning the All-Ireland U-20 Hurling Championship and Joe McDonagh Cup and they bowed out with their heads held very high. when Cork eliminated them in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship preliminary quarter-final. Offaly achieved their big 2024 ambitions of winning the All-Ireland U-20 Hurling Championship and Joe McDonagh Cup and they bowed out with their heads held very high.
Coming a week after the Joe McDonagh Cup final, a win over Cork was never a genuine prospect but the team performed close to as well as they could and a 4-25 to 3-19 defeat was as good as any realistic supporter could have hoped for. It gives Offaly a very solid platform to build on for the future. Here is my players' ratings:
MARK TROY - Mark Troy had a really good game in goals. He could do little about the Cork goals, made one very good tackle to stop a second half one and was very solid with his puckouts and clearances. Rating – 8.
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