Monaghan overcome battling Clare to set up Down decider

The result also creates an effective knock-out clash between Louth and Clare, following a real game of two halves in Clones.

BATTLE: Mícheál McCarville of Monaghan in action against Ronan Lanigan of Clare. Pic: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile.

All-Ireland SFC Group 3: Monaghan 1-25 Clare 1-16

Group 3 of the All-Ireland SFC will boil down to a top-of-the-table decider between Monaghan and Down, plus an effective knock-out clash between Louth and Clare, following a real game of two halves in Clones.