Red Hands earn semi-final spot as Fox makes his point in the end
TYRONE suffered a heavy 2-25 to 0-12 defeat in Tuam yesterday afternoon against a free-flowing Galway side who gave an exhibition in the art of score taking.
It was an afternoon to forget for the visitors, who finished the game with 13 men while they also lost All Star full-forward Cathal McShane — who recently turned down a move to Australia to remain with the Red Hands — to what appeared to be a serious knee injury three minutes into the second half.
Tyrone’s best spell came in the third quarter when they reduced the gap to three points but Shane Walsh then converted a penalty while Galway then kicked eight unanswered points to end the game as a contest.
Galway dominated the first half and played some superb attacking football on their way to establishing a 0-12 to 0-6 advantage.
The hosts almost enjoyed a dream start but Robert Finnerty hit the post after 50 seconds following a flowing move.
A Darren McCurry free opened the scoring for Tyrone but midfielder Ronan Steede levelled matters with the first of three quality first-half scores.
Damian Comer then cut in from the left wing to fist a point before Eamon Brannigan put two between the sides.
Tyrone hit the post four times in the opening half and, from the first of those, McShane (below) pointed from the rebound.
Steede and McShane traded points before Galway took control of the game.
Comer, Shane Walsh and Adrian Varley all scored, although sandwiched in between keeper Connor Gleeson made a double save to deny Colm Cavanagh a nice goal.
Galway captain Walsh landed an outstanding point from out on the right wing before Kieran McGeary responded at the other end of the field.
Michael Daly then got his name on the scoresheet before Tyrone were dealt a blow in the 28th minute when McGeary was straight red-carded for a challenge on his opposite number Brannigan.
Comer knocked over the resulting 40m free before Finnerty became the sixth Galway forward to score.
Steede then hit a beauty from distance before the Red Hands brought the first-half scoring to a close from a McCurry free.
Walsh opened the second-half scoring from a free before Tyrone lost the unfortunate McShane, who was stretchered off after falling awkwardly when winning a free.
McCurry converted three frees in a row before Varley replied for Galway. McCurry then hit a superb point from play and when substitute Mark Bradley registered it was 0-14 to 0-11.
Allianz Football League
Division One
Dublin 1-15 Donegal 1-14 Galway 2-25 Tyrone 0-12 Monaghan 2-16 Mayo 0-13
Division Two
Fermanagh 1-11 Cavan 2-11 Westmeath 3-12 Armagh 2-15
Division Three
Down 2-13 Longford 1-14
Derry 2-10 Louth 1-9
Allianz Hurling League Division 2A
Antrim 5-27 Meath 1-15
Division 2B
Derry 4-22 Warwickshire 2-7 London 0-16 Down 2-26
Division 3A
Armagh 1-19 Louth 1-18
Moments later, Comer won a penalty which Walsh clinically dispatched and Galway never looked back. Time and time again, they hit Tyrone on the
Donegal 1-15 Monaghan 1-15 Tyrone 0-23 Longford 1-15
Division 3B
Lancashire 1-12 Fermanagh 0-6
Ulster U20 Football Championship
Quarter-Finals
Tyrone 1-9 Armagh 0-8 (after extra-time)
Donegal 2-9 Monaghan 1-12 (Donegal won 3-1 on penalties) Cavan 0-8 Down 1-11 Antrim 1-9 Derry 2-4
Lidl Ladies National Football League
Division Two
Kerry 3-14 Tyrone 1-8 Wexford 1-1 Armagh 4-18
Division Three
Down 3-13 Roscommon 0-7 Longford 0-8 Fermanagh 2-6
counter-attack with a number of quality, eye-catching scores.
Frank Burns was sent off for a second yellow card with Walsh converting the resulting free.
Substitute Paul Conroy then buried his side’s second goal in the 62nd minute and Tyrone were looking at a heavy defeat.
Brannigan, Hardy and Walsh all added to the Galway tally with Tyrone’s sole response coming from a McCurry free as the hosts took the spoils.
GALWAY: C Gleeson, S Kelly, S Mulkerrin, J Heaney, G O Donnell, L Silke, C McDaid, R Steede (0-3), C D’Arcy, E Brannigan (0-5), D Comer (0-2), M Daly (0-1), R Finnerty (0-1), S Walsh (1-8, 6F), A Varley (0-4).
Subs: T Flynn for D Arcy, P Conroy (1-1) for Finnerty, D Conneely for Daly, C Campbell for O Donnell, S O Ceallaigh for McDaid.
TYRONE: N Morgan, N Kelly, R McNamee, L Rafferty, T McCann, R Brennan, P Harte, C Cavanagh, B Kennedy, K McGeary (0-1), N Sludden (0-1), D McCurry (0-7, 6F), F Burns, C McShane (0-2), C Meyler.
Subs: M McKernan for Kelly, P Hampsey for Cavanagh, C Grimes for McCann, M Bradley (0-1) for McShane, B McDonnell for Kennedy.
Referee: C Lane, Cork.
TYRONE skipper Antoin Fox endured mixed emotions when his side overcame Armagh by 1-9 to 0-8 in the Ulster Under-20 football quarter-finals over the weekend.
Fox (below) incurred a black card and served 10 minutes in the sin bin at a crucial stage of the contest but on his return he joined Neil Kilpatrick and Conor Quinn in posting the scores that took his side clear in the second half of extra-time.
Tiernan Quinn scored the Red Hands’ goal, while Justin Kierans (0-3) and Eoin Woods (0-2) shared the lion’s share of the Orchard County scores.
Down, too, advanced to the last-four by beating Cavan by 1-11 to 0-8. Cathal Gorman scored six points for the Mournemen.
Donegal and Monaghan finished all square at 2-9 to 1-12 at the end of extra-time in their quarter-final and this necessitated a penalty shoot-out, which paved the way for a 3-1 win by Donegal with Caolan McGroddy firing home their all-important third goal.
Antrim produced an upset when they beat fancied Derry by 1-9 to 2-6. Adam Loughran scored the Oak
Leafs’ goal while Pat Shivers helped himself to five points with Conleth McShane and Jude McAtamney bagging Derry’s goal.
Meanwhile, Tyrone came a cropper in the Lidl Ladies’ National Football League when they lost by 3-14 to 1-8 to Kerry.
The Red Hands had no answer to the scoring power of Louise Ni Mhuirceachtaig, who complemented the goal she got from a penalty with a raft of points from frees and play.
In contrast to Tyrone’s misfortune, Armagh enjoyed a lavish scoring spree against Wexford in winning by 4-18 to 1-1. Caroline O’Hanlon (2), Niamh Marley and Kelly Mallon scored the Orchard goals.
And Down, too, hit the jackpot in defeating a disappointing Roscommon by 3-13 to 0-7.
The Mourne girls led by 1-6 to 0-4 at the break but after Jessica Foy registered their second goal by converting a penalty, they dominated the remainder of the game.
Donegal, though, were halted in their tracks by Westmeath, who won by 1-11 to 1-7. The north west side made a confident start but even the scoring skills of Geraldine McLaughlin were not sufficient to help her side avoid an unexpected defeat.
Fermanagh, with Eimear Smyth to the fore, proved too strong for Longford in winning by 2-6 to 0-8.