Red card flurry as Cavan win

Cavan 1-10 Monaghan 0-5

In a fractious derby duel, referee Barry Cassidy (Derry) had to work overtime to keep a lid on proceedings as tempers consistently boiled over.

Cassidy sent three Monaghan players off and two home players. Monaghan talisman Conor McManus was first to be red-carded after his marker, Killian Brady, was left needing treatment 70 metres from the action. Seven minutes later, the numbers were evened up when Cavan’s leading scorer Martin Dunne saw red after Colin Walshe was left prostrate.