Magill gets ball rolling

Ulster MHC Final/Antrim 5-15 Down 3-7: This minor hurling final at Casement Park was effectively over at half-time as Antrim…

Ulster MHC Final/Antrim 5-15 Down 3-7: This minor hurling final at Casement Park was effectively over at half-time as Antrim led by 3-13 to 1-2 at that point.

Colm McFall got Antrim's first goal on 12 minutes after Patrick Magill had opened the scoring with an early point.

Eoin McGuinness scored a goal for Down five minutes later, but Stephen McGarry hit Antrim's second goal on 24 minutes and six minutes later Simon McCrory finished for his side's third.

Down improved in the second half and managed two goals themselves through Brendan Ennis.

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Those goals were cancelled out by similar goals from McCrory and McGarry.

ANTRIM: P Shields; M Devlin, N McAuley, B McDermott; L Knocker (0-1), C McAuley, R McDonnell; C McFall (1-0, sideline), C Boyle (0-1); S McNaughton (0-1), P Magill (0-7, six frees), S McGarry (2-1); J Peoples (1-1), S McCrory (1-2), M Butler (0-1). Subs: M Ward for McFall (47 mins), C Cunning for Butler (53 mins), S Doherty for Peoples (55 mins), C McConville for Devlin (56 mins), A Quinn for McDermott (58 mins),

DOWN: G McMullan; D McCann, G Dynes, S Ennis (0-1); S Keith (0-1, free), E Lennon, B Bell; E McGuinness (1-1), S Bailie (0-1); K McCarthy, E Gilmore, C McCarthy; B Ennis (2-0), C McManus (0-2, two frees), J O'Reilly. Subs: C Woods (0-1) for K McCarthy (half-time), P McPolin for C McCarthy (half-time), D Quigley for O'Reilly (42 mins), N Courtney for Bell (45 mins), M Gilmore for Gilmore (56 mins)

Referee: M Mulholland (Derry).