Longford fail to overcome Down

Down 0-19 Longford 0-16

Down withstood a second-half revival from Longford to win this entertaining NFL Division Three encounter at Pairc Esler.

With 63 minutes gone, Brian Kavanagh levelled for Longford at 0-15 apiece, but Down came back with Paul McComiskey, John Clarke and Benny Coulter (0-2) kicking the decisive points.

Some terrific scores from Daniel Hughes and Ronan Murtagh had Down leading by 0-10 to 0-6 at half-time.

In front of a 4,500-strong crowd, Longford's fortunes improved in the second period but Down had the better finish.