Offaly manager Michael Fennelly expressed his delight after his team captured the Christy Ring Cup yesterday with an emphatic win over Derry at Croke Park.

The Faithful men booked their place in the Joe McDonagh Cup next season after scoring an impressive 0-41 to 2-14 victory against the Oak Leafers.

Speaking afterwards, Fennelly said that “it wasn’t about getting out of” the competition.

“It was important to win the Christy Ring, it wasn’t about getting out of it," he is quoted saying by GAA.ie.

“We respected each team and we did our analysis on each team. Derry had improved massively over the last four to five weeks. They played very well against Wicklow and Sligo.

“They had a very poor league campaign so even information I was getting was that maybe Derry weren’t as good, but from what I saw, they were much better. We did our analysis during the week and made sure the lads were right. There is no secret to it.”

Looking towards next year, the Kilkenny man added: “We are in the Joe McDonagh next year. That’s our next job and we are looking at that. The vision would be Liam McCarthy but how far is that away, I’m not sure.”

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