Seventh title the spur for Crossmaglen

NOT SURPRISINGLY, there was a certain amount of ring rust identified during Crossmaglen’s Armagh SFC quarter-final against Silverbridge last week.

Joint-boss Oliver Short admitted some of the county players struggled due to, of all things, “a lack of familiarity” with the rest of the ‘Cross players.

After a tepid opening half, the south Armagh men were able to turn things around in the second period to finally run out 3-12 to 0-7 winners. Ace forward Oisin McConville found his rhythm and bagged an excellent 1-8, while impressive corner-forward James Hughes and Stephen Kernan - son of Joe - found the net.