Banner got what they came for but they’ll know that this was far more stressful than they wanted or needed it to be - they got off a staggering 47 shots but their conversion rate was just 53%.

Penalties are a lottery but a fourth defeat in that manner has made it more difficult again for Armagh to shed that brutal stigma of being unable to get the job done.

Kerry didn’t raise any green flag here but they worked their way through the gears to get the job done, being efficient when they had to be.

Down arrived in Clones on Saturday evening with a different strategy in mind, one of containment and confinement, looking to frustrate Armagh in a tactical arm-wrestle, a low scoring dogfight.

Limerick only had one point to spare at the final whistle, but the scoreline was an imposter to the reality of the result. Tipp scored a goal with the last puck of a match that Limerick had controlled at their ease for the previous 40 minutes.

When the news came through last week that the inspection had resulted in an increased capacity of over 2,000 spectators, executive board members in clubs across Clare and Limerick were suddenly able to answer their phones again.

Armagh and Donegal looking to be almost perfect, Kilkenny's rare league opportunity against Limerick and Clare's new wave hoping to surf back up to Division Two.

Omagh CBS emphatically halt the trend and Alan Connolly joins elite company,

Shane Kingston and Jack O'Connor’s speed is a neat metaphor for the lightning pace in the Cork squad because no team in the county is loaded with as many elite sprinting machines

More than promotion on the table as Armagh entertain Donegal, Galway can make a statement against Derry, and in hurling, the Kilkenny Offaly rivalry is stirring again