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Armagh shock Down to seal final place

Armagh 0-14 Down 1-10: A POINT by Conor Corvan three minutes into injury-time at rain-lashed Casement Park yesterday sealed …

Mon Jun 13 2011 - 01:00

Armagh 0-14 Down 1-10:A POINT by Conor Corvan three minutes into injury-time at rain-lashed Casement Park yesterday sealed a sensational Armagh win.

It was a heroic performance by the Orchard county men who trailed 0-7 to 0-6 at the interval.

When Corvan fired a penalty wide on 41 minutes and 60 seconds later Down’s Gareth Johnson netted from the spot for a 1-7 to 0-8 lead it looked all over for the Orchard County. However three injury-time points sealed victory for the underdogs.

ARMAGH: S Doherty; B Mallon, C Clifford, JJ Hughes; B McCormack, R McGrattan (0-3, 65, two frees), N Curry; K McKernan (0-1), J Corvan; C Carville, R Gaffney (0-8, six frees), M Lennon (0-1); C Corvan (0-1), F Woods, M Moen. Subs: D Carvill for Woods (50).

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DOWN: Graham Clarke; M Hughes, C Coulter, S Ennis; K McGarry (0-1), C Woods, M Ennis (0-1); A Savage, E Clarke (0-2); S Nicholson, P Braniff (0-3, two frees), S Clarke; B Ennis, G Johnston (1-2, two frees), J Coyle (0-1). Subs: Gabriel Clarke for Woods, inj (36), A Clarke for Braniff (49), S Hughes for Nicholson (60).

Referee: E Hasson (Derry).