Conor Murray insists playing Down in Newry holds no fears for Antrim.

Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph ahead of tomorrow's Ulster SFC quarter-final, the talented forward admitted: "I suppose if we were playing Donegal in Ballybofey or Tyrone in Healy Park, we'd be expecting a good performance but ultimately we'd be looking to see how far we would go in the qualifiers.

"But Down in Newry - now that's something else. I think the belief is in our squad this time.

"We will be carrying no baggage into this game. We're going down to Newry on Saturday and if we don't win, we'll be bitterly disappointed. That's the long and the short of it."

He added: "We're meeting a Down side that probably surprised people by reaching last year's Ulster final, and you would have to say that they weren't that far away from the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

"When you look at it, you have to take into consideration our recent record in the Ulster championship, and you can see then why Down probably deserve the favourites tag for this game."

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