Orchard stand-ins help Grimley’s men stay alive

Armagh 0-14 Monaghan 0-14

The declaration was naturally greeted with a rousing cheer in the immediate wake of their team pulling off what had appeared, with five minutes of normal time remaining, to be a forlorn cause.

But the question is just how difficult will Brendan Donaghy, Andy Mallon and Kieran Toner find it to return to the first team in Sunday’s replay in Clones after this act of defiance?