Cavan 2-8 Armagh 0-11: Any lingering notion that the Bank of Ireland Dr McKenna Cup is nothing more than a gentle preamble into the more serious business of the GAA season was emphatically kicked into touch in this turbulent, fractious encounter at Oliver Plunkett Park, Crossmaglen yesterday.

Derry 3-12 Clare 2-14, Croke Park

Galway 6-5 Down 4-6

GALWAY selector Stephen Joyce has an odd complaint ahead of this afternoon’s All-Ireland U21FC semi-final meeting with Cork at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick (3.45pm).