Serious work ahead for Tyrone, warns Colm Cavanagh

Colm Cavanagh has played down Tyrone’s storming start to the season and insisted they must improve to live with the likes of Dublin and Kerry in the championship.

Mickey Harte’s Red Hands have impressively secured promotion back to Division 1 of the Allianz League after just five games. They’ve won all 10 of their games in total since January 1 and are on the verge of adding the Division 2 league title to their McKenna Cup and O Fiaich Cup crowns.

The strong form is no great surprise to neutrals considering Tyrone reached last year’s All-Ireland semi-finals and won the 2015 U21 title. But Cavanagh, operating as a sweeper this year, said the reality is they haven’t faced any of the top teams yet.