Summary

  • Armagh 4-10 Down 0-12 (FT)

  • Armagh will play Derry in final

  • Andrew Murnin and Shane McPartlan score first-half goals for Armagh

  • Ciaran Mackin and Rian O'Neill add further goals

Live Reporting

Andy Gray

  1. Game, set and match?

    Armagh 3-7 Down 0-6

    Ciaran Mackin pokes the ball home for Armagh's third goal of the afternoon.

    Watch: Ciaran Mackin scores Armagh's third goal

  2. Armagh 3-7 Down 0-6

    Jason Duffy lashes one over the posts after Rian O'Neill's pin-point kick finds his man.

    Sublime stuff. The gap is into double figures.

  3. Armagh 3-6 Down 0-6

    That sums up Down's second half. Danny Magill brings the ball into contact and is quickly smothered by the Armagh jerseys and concedes the free.

  4. Armagh 3-6 Down 0-6

    There's now an orange haze drifting across Clones as the Armagh fans get the party started.

    There's still 20 minutes to play but that feels like a defining moment.

  5. goal

    Goal

    Armagh 3-6 Down 0-6

    Another high ball causes problems and Ciaran Mackin touches the ball into the net after it evades everyone.

    That should be that.

  6. Yellow card

    Armagh 2-6 Down 2-6

    Ethan Rafferty charges out of his goal and is caught by Patrick Branagan, who is subsequently shown a yellow card.

  7. Armagh 2-6 Down 0-6

    Down are now seeing plenty of the ball but are struggling to create the space to get an attempt away.

    There's still plenty of time but you feel they need a moment of magic soon.

  8. Armagh 2-6 Down 0-6

    The rain has eased but the pitch is now starting to cut up a bit with quite a few players losing their footing.

  9. Armagh 2-6 Down 0-6

    Andrew Murnin splits the posts without even looking up.

    He knew exactly where he was and made it count. The margin is back up to six.

  10. Armagh 2-5 Down 0-6

    Pat Havern is short with another attempt as Ethan Rafferty plucks the ball from the sky.

  11. Yellow card

    Armagh 2-5 Down 0-6

    Rory Grugan is the next name in the referee's notebook.

  12. Armagh 2-5 Down 0-6

    Armagh land the first blow as Jemar Hall capitalises on a quickly-taken free.

  13. Throw-in

    Armagh 2-4 Down 0-6

    The teams are back and so is the rain.

    What will the second half have in store?

  14. McPartlan goal a sucker punch

    HT: Armagh 2-4 Down 0-6

    Michael Murphy
    Former Donegal captain and All-Ireland winner on BBC Two NI

    Down will be absolutely gutted. That's something they want to do is shore up that defence, not concede goals and it was just poor from them and something they won't be happy with.

  15. The GAA Social

    Armagh v Down (16:00 BST)

    Down forward Barry O'Hagan is hopeful that his triple reconstruction of knee ligaments will enable him to continue his playing career.

    The 29-year old ruptured his ACL, MCL and Meniscus in a game against Antrim in February and faces at least a year out of action.

    "The surgeons aren't saying it is definitely going to happen, but the triple reconstruction was the best chance for me to play football again" he told the GAA Social podcast.

    O'Hagan did concede that the severity of his injury has left him wondering if he will be able to play again.

    "It wasn't supposed to be a career-threatening injury right up until 30 minutes before the operation.

    "It went from an ACL reconstruction to having numerous ligaments fixed and that means the recovery will be longer than what was expected," O'Hagan added.

    "I have been told it is going to be a year, but anything after that will be a bonus."

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    Listen to The GAA Social on BBC Sounds

  16. McGeeney will be asking for more

    HT: Armagh 2-4 Down 0-6

    Oisin McConville
    Armagh All-Ireland winner on BBC Two NI

    I just think he'll want a bit more energy. Armagh have lacked a bit of energy.That last passage of play exemplified what has been going on in this game. Down are getting loads of bodies back and Armagh at times have struggled to break them down.

  17. Leinster SFC semi-final

    Louth 0-27 Offaly 2-15

    In the Leinster Championship, Mickey Harte is doing Mickey Harte things with Louth.

    Leinster SFC Semi Finalinp

    Leinster SFC Semi Final

  18. An interested spectator

    HT: Armagh 2-4 Down 0-6

    Look who is in attendance at Clones.

    The winner will face Rory Gallagher's Derry in the final.

    Rory GallagherGetty Images

  19. Half-time

    Armagh 2-4 Down 0-6

    Liam Kerr brings the gap down to four...and that's the last bit of action as the half-time whistle blows.

  20. Armagh 2-4 Down 0-5

    Conor O'Neill kicks a big point for the Orchard County.

    Meanwhile, Ben Crealy makes way for Connaire Mackin.

    We're into two additional minutes.