Monaghan pip battling Cavan

Monaghan 0-16 Cavan 0-15: LOGIC and basic biology tell us that there will come a time when Cavan’s burgeoning youth will overtake Monaghan’s grizzled vets, but that was postponed yesterday thanks to the nous and experience of Malachy O’Rourke’s wily old soldiers.

his appeared to be a day tailor-made for Cavan to make a significant breakthrough at senior level against one of the big guns on the back of all that U21 success. They led by four points midway through the second-half of this Ulster quarter-final in their own back yard.

The sun was shining and a buzzing crowd of 18,541 made for a fitting audience for what was a captivating local get-to in this beautifully appointed little ground that nestles snugly into a tidy little dip of land just off the Dublin Road in the main county town.