Kernan aiming to recreate Orchard hunger

SO, now it starts. As the phoney war of the national league was reaching its anti-climatic conclusion last Sunday, eyes were already turning towards this Sunday and beyond.

This year’s championship was officially launched in Bank of Ireland in College Green yesterday, with Armagh manager Joe Kernan’s big frame seated centre-stage, exactly where it was when last summer ended.

Kernan’s charges begin their defence against Monaghan this weekend in Clones.