Crossmaglen (Armagh) 2-15 Cargin (Antrim) 0-13: Allegations that Cargin midfielder Michael McCann was bitten during a second-half row overshadowed Crossmaglen’s AIB Ulster club SFC quarter-final victory at the Athletic Grounds yesterday.

TWO white balloons dance into life as a lorry speeds past, only a silver ribbon tied to the roadside signpost preventing them flying away.