Reilly intervention stops Sligo grabbing late draw

Cavan mixed the sublime with the ridiculous before securing their first points of the Division 3 season.

The hosts lit up a dank Kingspan/Breffni Park in the first half to go 0-10 to 0-3 ahead but Sligo were a transformed outfit after the break, hitting an unanswered 1-4, and came within inches of sneaking a draw.

Cavan Gaels speedsters Niall Smith, Kevin Meehan and Martin Dunne were a revelation, making little of the absence of their club colleague Sean Johnston during a brilliant first half.