OLD GUARD KIE TO VICTORY

AMID all the talk of the players that Armagh are missing, several All-Ireland winners stepped up to the mark and reminded everyone that class is permanent as the 2024 champions hammered Monaghan by 12 points at Clones on Sunday.

- BY PADDY TIERNEY

Kieran McGeeney (inset) was shorn around a dozen players who've regularly started games in recent seasons with another handful of squad players stepping away or retiring.

That Armagh scored 1-27, 1-25 from play and had 11 different scorers against Farney highlighted remarkable strength-in-depth.