THE manner of their defeat in Nowlan Park last week spoke for itself, Antrim’s hurlers must ensure they don't dwell on it as they welcome Wexford to Corrigan Park on Saturday.
St Gall’s continue to remerge as a strong force in Antrim football and in Creggan on Wednesday, they recorded their fifth win in five starts to move proudly to the top of the league after a win over Kickham’s on the Staffordstown Road.
SEVEN points from the boot of PJ Toal helped Éire Óg make it back-to-back wins in Division Three on Wednesday and deny St Malachy's their first points of the campaign.
The nights are getting longer and at last, days getting warmer as the Antrim Football Leagues begin to take shape with a full midweek programme seeing all but one game take place on Wednesday.
ASSIGNMENTS in championship hurling don’t get much tougher than Kilkenny away, but Antrim will relish Sunday’s trip to Noreside for their opening fixture in Leinster’s round robin.
IT'S a big hurling weekend in Antrim with the Saffrons facing Kilkenny at Nowlan Park in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship on Sunday, so the majority of this week's club fixtures take place on Saturday (times and dates subject to change).
A BLISTERING 10 minutes in the second half when they rattled off nine points without reply saw St Brigid's maintain their 100 per cent record in Division One at Musgrave Park on Wednesday.
THE pendulum swung the way of St John's down the stretch as they made it two wins from two in Antrim hurling's Division One at the expense of Rosa at Corrigan Park on Sunday.
IN the end, Down made their way into the semi-finals of the Ulster Senior Football Championship, but their five-point win over a dogged Antrim was far from convincing in a game that won't live long in the memory.
THE opening weekend of the provincial football championships served up shocks aplenty, so will we see the early trend continue in Newry on Saturday when Antrim travel to face Down, or have the Mournemen been forewarned?
