Waterford 6-23
Offaly 0-14

Waterford didn't show any ill-effects from their recent injury crisis as they dished out a 27-point drubbing to Offaly at the St. Molleran's GAA grounds yesterday.

Deise boss Derek McGrath has a host of injuries to contend with ahead of Sunday week's Munster SHC quarter-final against Cork, but he will have taken huge encouragement from this win, albeit achieved against an Offaly side that also lost heavily to All-Ireland champions Clare in a separate challenge match in Killaloe on Friday evening.

Colin Dunford and Seamus Prendergast both found the net twice, while Brian O'Sullivan and Killian Fitzgerald also raised green flags in a one-sided affair which was effectively over at half-time with the hosts leading by 2-16 to 0-6.

Dunford, who won a Croke Cup medal with Dungarvan Colleges last year, will be pushing hard for a starting place against Cork after bagging 2-2 against a hapless Offaly outfit who have a lot of improving to do before they meet Kilkenny in the Leinster SHC quarter-final on June 7.

Scorers - Waterford: C Dunford 2-2, S Prendergast 2-1, P Mahony 0-6 (4f, 1 65), G O'Brien 0-4, B O'Sullivan 1-1, K Fitzgerald 1-0, J Nagle (1f), S Walsh, E Barrett 0-2 each, J Dillon, T De Burca, A Gleeson 0-1 each. Offaly: J Bergin 0-6 (5f), B Carroll (2f), E Nolan (1f) 0-2 each, C Coughlan, S Dooley, C Slevin, K Connolly 0-1 each.

Waterford: S O'Keeffe; N Connors, L Lawlor, B Coughlan; J Nagle, K Moran, T De Burca; M Walsh, E Barrett; G O'Brien, P Mahony, A Gleeson; B O'Sullivan, S Walsh, C Dunford. Subs: I O'Regan, J Dillon, S Prendergast, R Foley, P Prendergast, S McNulty, S Fives, S Roche, T Connors, S O'Sullivan, B O'Halloran, K Fitzgerald.

Offaly: J Dempsey; N Wynne, G Healion, D Mooney; M Egan, D Morkan, C Parlon; K Connolly, S Ryan; Ciaran Slevin, S Dooley, P Geraghty; B Carroll, J Bergin, E Ryan. Subs: Conor Slevin, C McDonald, S Óg Lyons, C Doughan, C Coughlan, T Geraghty, E Nolan, B Harding.

Referee: P Foley (Waterford). Tweet

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