Antrim star sent off for shocking stamp in winner-takes-all against Offaly

Nasty.

Antrim face Offaly this afternoon in the Leinster SHC at Glenisk O'Connor Park in Tullamore.

At the time of writing, the Saffrons are trailing the Faithful and look to be heading for relegation to the Joe McDonagh for next season, with the winner staying up in what is effectively a knockout game.

And Davy Fitzgerald's men were not helped when Niall O'Connor was sent off for stamp on a player who was lying on the ground.

Ahead of the game, Fitzgerald said: “We have to rise to the challenge.

“Will we be the underdogs? Yeah, I think Offaly have improved immensely, I think they’re definitely a better team.

“We can play. We just haven’t done it as much as we should have in this Championship.

“Please God, we might get one or two of the injuries back. That would be a big plus for us.”