Tyrone almost come a cropper against Cavan

Cavan 3-7 Tyrone 0-16: It took a winter’s day in Clones to herald the start of summer, but finally, we got a game worthy of the name.

Less than 24 hours after Galway produced the first real upset of the championship, Cavan threatened to do likewise with the aerial threat of two-goal merchant David Givney almost pulling Tyrone’s Ulster title ambitions assunder in atrocious weather conditions at Clones.

Tyrone thought they had weathered the storm, in every sense, when they pulled three points clear as an absorbing provincial semi-final headed into injury time.