Tyrone beat Armagh in bad-tempered clash

Tyrone began the defence of their Dr McKenna Cup title with a 1-12 to 1-10 win over 12-man Armagh in a feisty encounter today which saw 19 cards flashed at the Athletic Grounds – four of them red.

Armagh led by 0-6 to 0-5 at the interval, after Tyrone’s Colm Cavanagh and Armagh captain Ciaran McKeever received straight red cards.