Antrim 0-10 Cavan 0-09 Antrim opened their Dr McKenna Cup campaign with a win following last night's (Wednesday) tough encounter against a spirited Cavan side at Casement Park. The weather conditions did not help the standard of football on display as both sides found scored hard to come by with the majority of points coming from placed balls. Nonetheless, the match was a close contest throughout and the sides were level on three occasions in the first half including at the interval. After 15 minutes the sides were all square at 0-3 each, but points by Ryan McCormack and Eddie O'Reilly put Cavan two in front. However, the home side hit back with scores from Niall Doyle and Michael Magill to level matters at half time. Michael McCann (2) and substitute Conor Murray helped Antrim into a three-point lead early in the second half, although these were to be the last scores until the last seven minutes when Martin Reilly narrowed the deficit for Cavan. Reilly and McCann were in their own personal battle from frees and it was the Antrim man who came out on top as Reilly hit the post from a free late on to level the game. Tweet

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