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Poor
start for O'Rourke - 13/01/03
McKenna
Cup - Down 3-07 v Armagh 1-15 - Sunday 12th Jan 2003 @
Ballykinlar
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Taken By Louis McNally @ Armagh v Down McKenna Cup Game
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After this McKenna Cup game Paddy O'Rourke
knows that there is much work to be done between now and
the summer when they take on Monaghan in the first round
of the Ulster Championship. Armagh who played without any
of their All Ireland winning players (due to be on holiday)
edged out Down 1 -15 to 3 -07 thanks to two late points
from Michaek McNamee and Malachy Mackin.
O'Rourke's men struck first with an Anthony
Devlin goal in the third minute. Down almost added another
moments later but Armagh goalkeeper Willie McSorley saved
Liam Doyle's penalty. At this stage it appeared Down were
far too strong for this Armagh outfit.
However the Orchard County who started
the game with five U21's battled back and took heart from
the penalty stop. Armagh dominating midfield with Philip
Loughran and David Turley on top started to come into the
game. Martin O'Rourke grabbed two points while Liam O'Hare
added four frees to put Armagh into the lead. Burren's Ronan
Murtagh netted Down's second goal on the 29th minute. Four
minutes before the break Dan Gordon's powerful run penetrated
the Armagh rearguard and he blasted to the net to give Down
a 3-2 to 0-7 lead.
Down increased their lead at the start
of the second half with two Ronan Murtagh frees. As in the
first half Armagh slowly came into the game and Barry Shannon,
Brian Mallon and Des Mackin all knocked over points before
Mackin netted in the final ten minutes. It was the equalising
score 3 - 07 to 1 - 13 and Armagh then went in search of
a winner.
It duly arrived courtesy of Michael McNamee
before Malachy Mackin added the killer point in injury time.
Armagh - W McSorley, S Quinn, M
Quinn, A Mallon, K Fearon, P Waters, B Shannon 0-1, P Loughlin,
D Turley, M O'Rourke 0-2, M Macken 0-2, L O'Hehir 0-7, B
Mallon 0-1, D Macken 1-1, M McNamee 0-1.
Subs: C McKinney for McSorley, B McKeown for S Quinn,
C McKeever for Fearon, S Kernan for B Mallon
Down - M McVeigh, B McAleenan, B Burns, M Cole, A
Molloy, B Ward, J Clarke, L Doyle 0-1, C McCrickard, D Gordon
1-0, A Devlin 1-0, A O'Prey, J McCartan, B Coulter 0-2,
R Murtagh 1-4.
Subs: D McCartan for Molloy, C Kearney for O'Prey,
G McCartan for McCrickard, G McMahon for J McCartan
Referee - A McAlynn (Derry)
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