Tyrone strategy knocked out by Dublin’s two-punch combination

When Mike Tyson was asked if he was concerned about the plan that the more strategic Evander Holyfield would bring to their title fight, the champ dismissively replied: “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”.

Tyrone got off to the perfect start. They brought huge energy and set upon any pondering Dub with a ravenous work-rate and forced them into 19 turnovers, which surely must be their highest total of the summer. When Dean Rock missed two very kickable frees inside the opening 10 minutes, they looked unusually unsettled, like a team who hadn’t been there before.

Tyrone won two of Cluxton’s kickouts in the space of about 60 seconds between the eighth and ninth minute and scored from both. Before you knew it, they had forged ahead into a 0-5 to 0-1 lead over the reigning champions.