Down..........0-22 Antrim......1-17

Brendan McGourty scored 0-11 as Down edged out Antrim in an entertaining Ulster under 21 hurling championship clash at Casement Park on Wednesday evening, July 14.

Nine of McGourty’s total came from frees, while another came from a sideline cut. The Mournemen were always in control thanks to the dominance exerted at midfield by Daniel McCusker and the attacking prowess of Eoin Clarke and McGourty. Six of McGourty points helped the visitors to build up a 0-15 to 0-8 lead at the interval.

A Karl Stewart goal just after the restart gave Antrim hope, but four more points from McGourty enabled the Mournemen to retake control.

Down: R Murray; C Braniff, J Doherty, D Coffey; K Coulter (0-1), A Dynes (0-2), M Ennis; D McCusker (0-2), D Flynn; J McCusker, B McGourty (0-11), G Flynn; J Fowler, E Clarke (0-4), P Smith (0-2). Subs: C McManus for Ennis, N Burns for Fowler.

Antrim: R McGarry; D Scullion, J Devlin, J McCague; E McKillop, M Magill, A O Cearlaimn; M Herron (0-5), B Herron (0-1); D Quinn, B Delargy (0-1), J Scullion (0-4); A McDonnell, K Stewart (1-5), D McKiernan. Subs: P Shivers for O Cearlaimn, S McArvaey for McDonnell, P Cunningham (0-1) for McKiernan.