Canavan comeback has the Red Hands applauding

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The action was as bleak as the weather in Omagh yesterday, only the occasional flash of brilliance from Benny Coulter illuminating a dour encounter.

Coulter could only shine if he got the ball, however, and for most of the second half he didn’t. The teams struggled with the conditions and themselves, a foot-hold impossible to find on the slippery surface. This was such a struggle that sometimes you winced as you watched.