AIB Leinster Club SFC: The Downs defeat Clonguish

The Downs forward Niall Mitchell. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile AIB Leinster Club SFC Round One The Downs 2-17 Clonguish 1-18 By Gerry Buckley at TEG Cusack Park The Downs, fresh from retaining the Westmeath senior football title, had to fight all the way to shake off a very spirited challenge by a young Clonguish side in a rip-roaring contest in ideal conditions for football in Mullingar. The underdogs from Longford were by far the better outfit in the early exchanges and a hat-trick of conv…