Tyrone return to top table

Meath 1-11 Tyrone 1-17: The Red Hand are on the march again and they booked a quick return to the top tier following a fifth success in Division 2 at Pairc Tailteann yesterday.

There are plenty of young faces in the new setup but this display had the mark of the Tyrone of old as they put relegated-threatened Meath to the sword with a clinical performance. The Ulster men defended in numbers but they always seemed to have plenty of options at the other end to keep the scoreboard ticking over. As well as regaining their division one status manager Mickey Harte felt that having an extra competitive outing - the division two final - and in Croke Park at that, would stand to them in the buildup to the Ulster championship.

“We did feel last year we did enough to stay in division one and the league points didn’t suggest so, so we had to get back there as quick as possible,” Harte said.