Last Man Standing ...

It began as a race with 455 runners or thereabouts. And at the first hurdle there were 175 fallers. Wicklow's flukey victory over Waterford with a very late 1-1 meant that some runners were out before Sunday!. Monaghan's victory over Dublin was also costly for some as was Down's loss and well, those optimistic people who actually believed that Cork footballers were capable of beating anybody, especially Fermanagh in Fermanagh, deserve to be eliminated.

And after a steward's enquiry and recount, 280 are still in the race for the €300 valuable first prize ...