This wasn't ref justice. Armagh deserved to win

Have no doubt, this was a huge win for Kieran McGeeney and his troops, writes Declan Browne.

This wasn't ref justice. Armagh deserved to win

I was in the company of two Armagh footballing greats, Oisín McConville and Aaron Kernan, on a recent trip to Rockland GAA Club in New York when the third round draw pitted Armagh against Tipp in Thurles.

Tipp had a massive win against Cavan but I got the feeling the two lads were very happy with the pairing and both were hugely confident that Armagh would win. They believed the winner-takes-all league game earlier in the year was thrown away by the Orchard rather than won by Tipp. It was hard to counter the banter, but I tried my best.

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