Cavan 1-14 Down 0-15

Donegal 2-22 Down 1-12

With two shock results at Omagh’s Healy Park having shaped this year’s Ulster SFC, tomorrow afternoon at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones, Donegal face Down for a place in a novel showpiece.

Like their half-time advantage of one point, Cork weren’t in any way flattered by the final result as they dismissed Down with relative ease.

Young footballer of the year candidate Seán Powter could join Douglas teammate Eoin Cadogan in the Ireland panel to face Australia.

For the first time in the history of the PwC All-Stars, there are four candidates for the footballer of the year including two goalkeepers, David Clarke and Stephen Cluxton, writes John Fogarty.

For the first time in the history of the PwC All-Stars, there are four candidates for the footballer of the year including two goalkeepers, David Clarke and Stephen Cluxton.

David Clarke (Mayo)

Down look like a team who would love to play open and expansive football. Yet they know to do so would be folly.

Ulster SFC semi-final        

Down have emerged from the depths of despair to challenge once again for Ulster football glory.

Down have emerged from two rough seasons stronger and mentally tougher and they are quite relaxed about their modest billing ahead of Saturday’s Ulster semi-final with Monaghan .

He would have been entitled to feel smug or wag a finger in the general direction of his detractors after a torrid 18 months, but Eamonn Burns instead used his winning platform to heap praise on his unfancied Down team after they pulled off the county’s first Ulster championship win over Armagh in 25 years.

Roscommon 1-12 Down 0-6: Three wins earned outside of the county boundaries have Roscommon riding high in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League, but manager Fergal O’Donnell is refusing to proclaim their 2017 top flight status just yet.

Roscommon continued their impressive National League campaign as they were nine-point winners over bottom side Down in Pearse Park, Longford.

Monaghan 0-13 Down 0-11: Monaghan just about held out in a frenetic finish to make it two wins from two outings but they were pushed all the way by a resurgent Down who were a transformed side from their opening weekend drubbing by Donegal.

Kerry 0-11 Down 1-5

Down 1-17 Cork 3-12

Down 1-17 Cork 3-12

Down 1-08 Tyrone 1-11

Down 1-8 Tyrone 1-11

There will be players tasting Allianz League action for the first time on both sides when Down host Ulster rivals Tyrone in Newry tomorrow night (throw-in 7pm).

Monaghan and defending champions Tyrone will meet in the Power NI Dr. McKenna Cup final after taking victories in today's semi-final double header at the Athletic Grounds.

TYRONE and Down will meet for a third time on Saturday after their Ulster U21FC quarter-final replay finished level after extra-time at Healy Park last night.

Last year's beaten All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship finalists Donegal kickstarted their 2011 campaign with a victory over Antrim.