The favourites who might slip up this weekend. But Down’s Aidan O’Rourke is confident his side can handle a six-day turnaround.
Only one team has managed to do it in the qualifiers, when Dublin beat Sligo in 2001. 12 teams have tried since, and all have failed.
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