Kilcoo have got themselves level for the first time in the game with 60 seconds left of normal time in the first half.

Niall Kane's free drops short but Jerome Johnston is able to catch the ball, spin and send a shot over the bar.

What a play from Crosserlough goalkeeper Shane McManus!

He drives forward into Kilcoo's half of the field, gives a one-two with Brandon Boylan and upon receiving possession back, he uses the outside of his right boot to raise a white flag.

However, Kilcoo are once again able to reduce the deficit back to a single point, as Paul Devlin converts from a free.

Oran Rehill's time in the sinbin has come to an end and it's 15v15 again.

Crosserlough catch Kilcoo sleeping by taking a quick free. They work the ball to Peter Smith, and despite close attention from Ryan McEvoy, he swings over.

However, Kilcoo waste no time in working the ball up to the other end of the field. They earn a free and McEvoy splits the posts.

A quick counter-attack from Kilcoo finishes with Paul Devlin curling over off his left foot.

Dara McVeety converts from a mark for Crosserlough, but there is some bad news for Ryan Daly's side as Oran Rehill is shown a black card for a late foul on Miceal Rooney.

Jerome Johnston doubles their pain by adding Kilcoo's third point of the day.

Callum Rogers finds the mark for Kilcoo.

Brandon Boylan converts from a free. Through 12 minutes Crosserlough are well worth their three-point lead.

An impressive start from the Cavan champions.

Ryan Johnston gets Kilcoo up and running on the scoreboard. He's back in today having missed his side's last three Championship matches through an ankle injury.

Referee Barry Cassidy throws the ball in and the game is underway in Newry.

The Ulster Club Football Championship really hits its stride this weekend with three eagerly anticipated quarter-finals

Newbridge's contest with the Armagh champions looks particularly intriguing with the Sean O'Leary outfit having stunned last year's All-Ireland champion Glen in the Derry Final and Clann Eireann backboned by their Sam Maguire Cup heroes Conor Turbitt, Barry McCambridge and Tiernan Kelly.

Cargin's contest with Errigal Ciaran has an interesting angle with the Tyrone champions' manager Enda McGinley up against his brothers-in-law Michael and Tomas McCann, who both are key member of the Toomebridge side.

There's also tonight's game while Sunday's scheduled quarter-final between Erne Gaels and Scotstown has been put back to next Saturday.

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Errigal Ciaran hit three stoppage-time points to clinch a 0-12 to 0-10 victory over St Eunan's in the Ulster club preliminary round encounter at Healy Park last weekend.

Donegal champions St Eunan's went in 0-5 to 0-4 in front at the break after Errigal's Peter Harte saw his penalty brilliantly saved by Shaun Patton.

It remained tight in the second half with Conor O'Donnell jnr giving St Eunan's the lead going into added time.

But back came their Tyrone opponents as Ben McDonnell slotted over two points before Thomas Canavan sealed the win and a place in the quarter-finals against Antrim champions Cargin.

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Two goals in the final 10 minutes earned Crosserlough a 10th Cavan SFC title with a 2-6 to 0-4 victory over Ramor United at Breffni Park.

In a low-scoring game played in dreadful conditions, the goals by Conor Rehill and Stephen Smith were massive scores.

The game was level at 0-3 apiece 15 minutes into the second half but Crosserlough were more threatening and played the conditions much better than their opponents.

They hit 2-2 without reply in the final quarter to be crowned Cavan champions for the first time since 2020.

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Kilcoo won a sixth straight Down title with a dominant 1-10 to 0-4 win over Burren, who finished with 13 men as Daryl Branagan hit Kilcoo's goal in the closing seconds.

The Magpies, whose win secured their 12th Down title in 13 seasons, led 0-7 to 0-2 lead by the interval at Pairc Esler.

Burren finished with 13 men after Danny Magill was shown a red card for late hit on his Down team-mate McEvoy and Kerr was dismissed for wrestling with Shealan Johnston.

Daryl Branagan sealed victory by hammering in Kilcoo's late goal from close range.

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Ulster Championship regulars Kilcoo are hoping to go on yet another provincial run, which starts today against Crosserlough.

The six-in-a-row Down champions claimed the Seamus McFerran Cup in 2019 and 2021 and are right amongst the favourites once again.

On the other hand, Crosserlough will be determined to make a fist of the Ulster Championship this time around, as when they last won the Cavan county title in 2020, there were no provincial competitions.

In team news Chrissy Rooney and Sean Og McCusker drop out for Ryan Johnston and MacDarragh Hynes from Kilcoo's last game whilst Crosserlough are unchanged from their county final win.

Kilcoo: N Kane; N Branagan, R McEvoy, C Rogers; M Rooney, D Branagan, E Branagan; Aaron Morgan, R Johnston; M Hynes, Anthony Morgan, S Johnston; C Doherty, J Johnston, P Devlin.

Crosserlough: S McManus; J Cooke, P O’Reilly, F Lovett; C Boylan, C Rehill, K Smith; J Smith, P Smith; O Rehill, D McVeety, H Boylan; B Boylan, E Boylan, M Costello.

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It's a big weekend in the Ulster Club SFC with three quarter-final encounters to be decided.

We start at Pairc Esler with the meeting of the Down champions Kilcoo against Cavan opponents Crosserlough.

Kilcoo start as firm favourites with the 2022 All-Ireland champions strongly fancied to progess to a last-four game against Erne Gaels or Scotstown.

But there's been plenty of upsets over the years in the provincial series and Crosserlough will be out to add their name to the list of giant killers.

It's a first appearance in the Ulster Club SFC for Ryan Daly's team and he says they are "not going up there to make up the numbers".

Sunday's action sees Cargin taking on Errigal Ciaran while Newbridge go up against Clann Eireann.

But our focus tonight is on Newry and we'll bring you live text commentary as Kilcoo and Crosserlough lock horns.

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