The Crues, Irish Cup winners in 2019, have won two of their three league encounters with the Glens this season, triumphing 1-0 and 2-0 at Seaview but going down 1-0 at the Oval. Ronan Hale bagged a hat-trick as Larne made much easier work of seeing off Intermediate opposition to continue their bid for a first ever Irish Cup triumph. The pick of the goals from the Irish Cup second roundEuropean ambitionLarne, who sit fourth in the Premiership, are targeting European qualification with the league and Irish Cup both offering a possible route. "The main thing you can ask from an Irish Cup draw is a home tie - who you get is irrelevant," said McCann, who won the Irish Cup three times as a player with Glentoran. "It would be a huge boost for the town and the Irish Cup is one way of getting there, but we will not be taking Larne lightly at all."

Source: BBC May 10, 2021 12:45 UTC