If Rogers delivers another tour de force, Down have the forwards to win day

A decade on from the introduction of the qualifiers and the extended championship structure is still bringing some counties together for the first time.

That Mayo and Down have never met before in the latter stages of the All-Ireland says a great deal about two counties who are routinely depicted as slumbering behemoths but whose achievements rarely match those lofty ideals.

The fact that both will have been more than happy with this pairing only emphasises that point.