Five second-half points from Bernard Allen sees Offaly beat Fermanagh for second win in a row
The second half provided much greater entertainment with a more regular flow of scores. They both would have settled for a draw as it entered injury time but the four minutes were just up when another sub, Cian Farrell got the Offaly winner.I Duffy; C Donnelly, D Hogan, D Dempsey; R Egan, P Cunningham , L Pearson; J McEvoy, C McNamee; J Maher, Ruari McNamee , Bill Carroll ; N Dunne, A Sullivan , D Hyland.
The tempo dropped in the second half but Cavan pulled away as the finish line approached, with Oisin Brady again impressive alongside defender Niall Carolan. Playing with a strong breeze Longford kicked over five points in a row midway through the first half to open up a four-point lead in the 32nd minute. Three of those were excellent scores from Dessie Reynolds.
Longford ended the game with 13 players; David McGivney and Andrew Farrell both received yellow and black cards.P Collum; P Fox, A Farrell, PJ Masterson; R Moffett, G Rogers, I O’Sullivan; D Gallagher , F Sheridan; M Quinn, D Mimnagh , K McGann; J Hagan , D McGivney , D Reynolds Westmeath:
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