Antrim find second wind

Antrim 1-13 Wicklow 1-8: A strong second-half performance by Antrim killed off Wicklow at Aughrim yesterday.

Dean Odlum's goal helped Wicklow to lead by 1-6 to 0-5 at the break and home supporters would have expected them to push on but instead it was Antrim who took control of the exchanges.

Mick McCann started the ball rolling with a point after the restart, midfielder Kevin McGourty shot a smashing brace, but it was substitute Paddy Cunningham who delivered the knock-out blows to Wicklow. Cunningham pointed on 44 minutes, added another in the 59th to restore his team's lead, 0-11 to 1-7, and minutes later he hammered home a goal from a pass by Eoin O'Neill.

ANTRIM: S McGreevy; T Scullion, P Doherty, A McClean; P Close, S Kelly, J Crozier; J Quinn, K McGourty (0-4); A Gallagher (0-2), M McCann (0-2), T O'Neill (0-1); M Pollock, K Niblock, J Loughry. Subs: K Boyle for Doherty, C Murray for Close, P Cunningham (1-3)for Pollock, E O'Neill (0-1)for Murray.

WICKLOW: M Travers; B McGrath, D Power, A Byrne; N Mernagh, D O hAnnaidh, P Dalton; J Stafford, T Walsh (0-1); JP Dalton, T Hannon, J McGrath; D Odlum (1-0), S Furlong (0-4), P Earls (0-3, frees). Subs:D Daly for J McGrath, S Hurley for Hannon.

Referee: T Quigley(Dublin).