Waterford were well in contention at the interval.

Allianz FL Division 2

Tyrone’s dominance over neighbours Derry shows no sign of abating, and another convincing win saw them collect a sixth successive Dr McKenna Cup title at Pairc Esler.

Derry 2-12 Monaghan 1-13: Dessie Mone suffered a suspected broken wrist as Monaghan lost out to Derry for a place in Saturday’s McKenna Cup final.

Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh is an Irish language poet from Tralee, Co Kerry. She co-presents arts show Imeall with Tristan Rosenstock on TG4 on Thursdays.

Conor Sweeney was the hero for Tipperary in Cavan as they mounted a late fightback to reach their first All-Ireland quarter-final.

Damian Barton has had a pop at his detractors and quipped he “might just quit” if he steers Derry into the All- Ireland quarter-finals.

Cavan 0-18 Derry 1-17: Dynamic Derry timed their run to perfection to put 14-man Cavan to the sword in a pulsating All-Ireland SFC Qualifier at a sun-kissed Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday.

Derry made it a hat-trick of competitive wins over Cavan this year and, in the process, booked themselves a place in the last 12 of the All-Ireland SFC Qualifiers after a cracking match at Kingspan Breffni Park.

The notorious six-day turnaround claimed another victim as Derry claimed a five-point win over Louth in today's All-Ireland qualifiers at Owenbeg.

Cavan 1-11 Derry 1-12: Derry boss Damien Barton saw his flair team produce a five-star defensive display to leave hosts Cavan still pointless in the league.

Derry 3-13 Fermanagh 1-10: Derry boss Damian Barton admitted his side had suffered a McKenna Cup ‘hangover’ in the first half of Sunday’s nine-point Division 2 victory over Fermanagh at Celtic Park.

St Patrick’s Drumcondra 0-9 - Waterford IT 1-19, Fitzgibbon Cup DCU Sportsgrounds

John Fogarty considers the promotion prospects of the sides hoping to join the top tier.

Diving will not be upgraded to a black or red card this year, as the GAA’s playing rules committee requires more time to study the area.

Derry 4-6 Tyrone 1-16: Derry boss Damian Barton was left bemused after a controversial second-half red card helped Tyrone to victory in an pulsating McKenna Cup clash before before 5,179 spectators at Owenbeg.

From second-level colleges glory to All-Ireland minor and senior titles with Kerry, Jack O’Connor has seen it, done it and written the book.

Former Galway star Paul Clancy knows a fair bit about beating Derry sides in championship action having been involved in both Galway’s 1998 and 2001 All-Ireland winning sides that defeated the Ulster men in All-Ireland semi-finals.

Derry 1-16 Wexford 0-10: Two games Derry have won this summer, and both of them have been harder work than they ought to have been.

Saturday: Clones, 7pm

Rory Gallagher brought an end to the Jim McGuinness era when masterminding Donegal’s nine-point hammering of Armagh in the Ulster quarter-final, according to Brendan Devenney.

Like many from his hometown of Killybegs, Hugh McFadden was often hop-scotching between soccer and Gaelic games.

Former Derry All-Star footballer Paddy Bradley has lashed out at manager Brian McIver ahead of the county’s crucial Ulster championship semi-final against Donegal on Saturday.

Derry 0-12 Down 0-11: When a team hasn’t won in a while, it can forget how to, and in the second half at Celtic Park yesterday, Derry were certainly struggling with the concept of victory.

Derry 2-15 Cork 1-11: Maybe football isn’t dead at all.

 

Monaghan 0-15, Derry 0-10:

Brian McIver said he was "disgusted" with the performance of referee Ciaran Branagan after Derry’s defeat by Mayo.

Paul Galvin’s return to action for Kerry will have to wait for at least another week, as he wasn’t included in the squad to face Cork in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League at Páirc Uí Rinn on Sunday (2pm).

Referee David Coldrick could be at the centre of a second derogatory comments case after Brian McIver’s post-match interviews in Omagh on Saturday.

Peter McNamara evaluates the four Allianz NFL Division 1 ties scheduled for this weekend and who we can expect to win.

Prior to yesterday Eamonn Fitzmaurice knew what it was like to guide Kerry teams to semi-final victories in the months of July and September, but he had never known the feeling that came with county successes in February.

Allianz FL Division 1 Round 2: Derry 0-13 Kerry 1-17: You might think there are few worlds left for Kerry’s footballers to conquer, but this was a day of firsts for the county team.

Peter McNamara looks at he big clashes in Division One of the National Football League.

Donegal 1-15 Derry 0-12: Allianz Football League Division 1: When Rory Gallagher was appointed Donegal manager on Halloween night, the All-Ireland final loss to Kerry was still fresh in his players’ thoughts.

Donegal got their Division 1 campaign and Rory Gallagher's reign off to a winning start with a storming second half that swatted Derry aside at Ballybofey tonight.

Fermanagh 1-09 Derry 1-07: Seamus Quigley’s goal five minutes from time gave Fermanagh a surprise win over Derry in yesterday’s Dr McKenna Cup tie at Brewster Park.