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Another blow for Down as Mooney quits panel

Caolan Mooney has left the Down panel. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin
Caolan Mooney has left the Down panel. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin Caolan Mooney has left the Down panel. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin

DOWN'S season has taken another turn for the worse with the news that Caolan Mooney has left the panel.

The Rostrevor forward tweeted earlier today: "Just been approached and asked have I left the down panel the answer is simply yes I have."

The former Collingwood AFL player, who won back-to-back MacRory and Hogan Cups with St. Colman's Newry, confirmed to The Irish News that he has quit Eamonn Burns' squad.

He hadn't featured in the National League because of a hamstring injury.

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