2004 Down Senior Football Championship Round 1:
An Riocht 0-09 Burren 0-05

An Riocht played Burren in the championship in atrocious conditions in Clonduff on Sunday and produced a tremendous team performance to progress to the last eight.

An Riocht played with the gale force wind and driving rain on their backs and led eight nil at the break. Ciaran Walsh opened the scoring from play and Martin Clarke added a free before Michael Harper chipped over a couple from distance. Aidan Cunningham made it five nil before John Clarke weighed in with three points and Aidan Flanagan got inside the defence but his shot was cleared off the line just before the break.

Burren struggled to find their range as the whole An Riocht team harried and hustled them on the restart and forty one minutes had passed before they pointed from a free. They added two more frees but could make little headway against An Riochts disciplined defending. Finally in added time Burren registered twice on the scoreboard from play but An Riocht worked the ball upfield for Martin Clarke to cut inside, score the final point and secure a significant victory.

It would be impossible to single out any player so complete was the collective effort of all eighteen players used.

Photos from An Riohct Burren Championship Game - An Riocht 0-09 Burren 0-05