Cavan bowed out of the Dr. McKenna cup after Down turned the game around, but both sides bow out of the competition.
Cavan led by a goal at half-time 1-6 to six points. Brian O’Connell’s goal on 17 minutes plus points from Paddy Lynch ’45 1f, Oisin Kiernan, James Smith and Oisin Brady (0-2) saw Cavan lead at the break.
A clinical Cavan stretched their lead through Tiarnan Madden and Oisin Brady’s stroked over his fourth point. However, Down never gave up on the game. Rory Mason rattled the net after great link-up play from Havern and Savage.
Odhran Murdock bustled his way through the Cavan defence before lashing into the net to give Down a two-point lead. Paddy Lynch and Padraig Faulkner levelled the game 2-8 to 1-11 with 15 minutes remaining.
Brady’s fifth point and Havern’s second saw the sides exchange scores. While, substitutes Jack Tully and Jack McCartan traded scores. Brady landed his sixth and seventh points and Cavan looked to be on their way to victory.
The game was in the first of five additional minutes when Paul Quinn and Havern levelled.
With the bit between their teeth Savage put Down in front again and Havern’s fourth doubled their lead, while Mason’s converted free at the death sealed a dramatic Down win.
