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Canavan wary of Monaghan

-  KEVIN KELLY

DARRAGH CANAVAN has labelled Division One's great survivors Monaghan "a very dangerous opponent" ahead of Sunday's crunch relegation battle at Clones.

Canavan knows his recent Farney history, noting that their Ulster rivals "always seem to get points when they need them most".

This is Monaghan's ninth successive year in Gaelic football's top flight - more than Dublin, Mayo, Tyrone and Galway and the same as Donegal. Only Kerry have spent longer in Division One.

Last year Jack McCarron's last gasp winner at Clones saved their status and relegated Dublin. In 2021 it was another McCarron last ditch point in stoppage time at the end of extratime that sent Galway down in a relegation play-off at Clones.