Armagh’s armageddon as Rossies rumble on

The sponsorship person who has to hang around to present the man of the match award could have made a strong case for it to be done at half-time in Hyde Park yesterday to get home out of the rain.

Jamie Clarke had been outstanding, and a succession of markers were unable to stem his influence as he blasted 1-3 from play and Armagh built up a double scores lead by the interval.

There was no wind and the Ulstermen were well worth their 1-7 to 0-5 half-time advantage. It was hard to see how anything was going to change after the restart.