Kerry Seeks to Topple Down

Anthony Glacken is on fire all year he is the premier full back this year in New York. Ian Kellegher, Darren Walsh and Damien Walsh are consistency personified. Introduce Eoghan O'Mahoney off the bench and the back line gets better.

Declan Griffin is a powerful midfielder since his arrival from Feale Rangers. His partner may be Dave McSweeney or Gearoid O'Sullivan.

Up front the focal point is Stephen Kavanagh. The Magic Man has been on fire all year. Frees are a gimme, with his open play impressive also.

Dermie Foley, Kevin Walsh, who covers acres, and Bingo O'Driscoll, who already has four county medals, complement him. Colm O'Connor on the 40 is in the mold of Ogie Moran for all who remember the eight time All-Ireland winner. Dogged, determined and a great ball carrier.

Down will counter with a team that is backboned by Mark Dobbins, Eugene O'Hagan and Liam Farrell. With Ciaran Fearan as manager, they have been the foundation that has taken the team from the worst in New York five years ago at junior level to the template that all clubs should follow.

Said Dobbins when asked, "We have come through the ranks and worked hard to get here over the past few years. Ciaran Fearan, Kevin Coulter and Eugene O'Hagan are big reasons for the growth of the club.

"We hoped to reach the semifinals and then take it from there. It's great to have an opportunity to take on Kerry, but we know it will be an extremely difficult assignment."

Certainly the team is built around players that battle hard for each other. Brian Murray, O'Hagan, David McGreevey and Gary Cornyn give forwards nightmares as they constantly hound at the back. Mark Kelly is a quality keeper and also deserves a start against Galway.

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