The Down Senior Football Championship is already at the quarter-final stage with semi-final places up for grabs this weekend.
Reigning Down, Ulster and All-Ireland champions Kilcoo remain the team to beat and have been pitted against Clonduff in the last eight in what is a repeat of the first round clash from last month.
On that occasion, the Magpies were ruthless in dispatching the Hilltown men 2-12 to 0-4 in Páirc Esler and Ciaran McBride’s side will be up against it to turn over the champions at the same venue on Sunday evening.
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Burren clinched the Division One title following a tempestuous League final against Kilcoo and Jim McCorry’s side will fancy their chances of winning the Frank O’Hare Cup for the first time since the 2018 season.
St Mary’s take on Warrenpoint on Monday night in Newry with both sides losing county finals to Kilcoo in 2021 and 2019 respectively.
Carryduff lost the 2020 decider to the Magpies, but the South Belfast men are now established at senior level and have been involved at the business end of the Championship for a number of seasons.
They’ve lost star attacker James Guinness to the dreaded cruciate injury, but former Fermanagh captain Eoin Donnelly is a huge addition to their team.
Finnian Moriarty’s side face Mayobridge at Castlewellan on Saturday afternoon with Castlewellan taking on Loughinisland on Friday night at Liatroim.
Quarter-final draw and fixtures
Friday, September 24
Castlewellan v Loughinisland (Liatroim, 7.30pm)
Saturday, September 25
Carryduff v Mayobridge (Castlewellan, 4.30pm)
Sunday, September 26
Kilcoo v Clonduff (Páirc Esler, 6pm)
Monday, September 27
Burren v Warrenpoint (Páirc Esler, 7.15pm)
Championship format and dates
The Down Senior Football Championship employs a back-door format for the first two rounds.
The winners of the first round play in round 2A while the losers go into round 2B. The third round winners progress to the quarter-finals to face the four winners from round 2A.
There is then an open draw for the quarter-final and repeat pairing are permitted with Kilcoo facing Clonduff and Castlewellan meeting Loughinisland for the second time in the Championship.
Quarter-finals: Weekend of September 23-27
Semi-finals:
Sunday, October 2
Warrenpoint v Loughinisland (Páirc Esler, 3pm)
Kilcoo v Mayobridge (Páirc Esler, 7.15pm)
Final: Sunday, October 16
TV and Stream info
Down GAA TV will be streaming all the Down Senior Football Championship games as well as the majority of Intermediate and Junior games. Single games at £6 and double-headers are £10 while Down GAA TV also offer weekend bundle packages for those who wish to stream all the games (Price TBC).
Betting
Kilcoo 4/6, Burren 10/3, Carryduff 9/1, Clonduff 14/1, Mayobridge 16/1, Warrenpoint 16/1, Loughinisland 16/1, Castlewellan 66/1.
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