Armagh's hopes of beating Down in Sunday's Ulster SFC semi-final have been boosted by the news that Oisin McConville expects to play some part in the game. The Crossmaglen scoring machine missed the quarter-final win over Cavan with a back injury, but was able to take a full part in training on Tuesday night and has declared himself fit for the Clones showdown. "I came through a training session on Tuesday night with no adverse effects and it's good to be back," he said. "I would imagine I'll be on the bench - even that is something positive after missing the Cavan game." McConville, who also confirmed that this would be his last championship campaign with the Orchard County, believes Down's two tussles with Tyrone gives them a decided advantage over Armagh going into Sunday's game. "We are expecting a tough, hard contest on Sunday. "Down have come through two hard games against Tyrone so they have one up on us as we were fairly comfortable in beating Cavan. "They will be very much up for it - they'll maybe feel with Tyrone and Derry gone it's a changing of the guard in Ulster but we'll try and hold on as long as we can." Tweet

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