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Tyrone dash Antrim's dreams at Clones

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Tyrone's Martin Penrose & Antrim's Kevin O'Boyle
Tyrone have ended Antrim's championship dreams at Clones on Sunday afternoon with a six point win in the provincial final.

The Saffrons were on the scoreboard first when skipper Paddy Cunningham sent over a free inside the first minute.

But the All-Ireland champions replied with three unanswered points and their lead became five when man of the match Sean Cavanagh claimed the game's only goal in the 11th minute.

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Another Cunningham free was followed by four Tyrone points without reply, making the gap nine points in the 27th minute.

To their credit the fiesty Saffrons responded well to Tyrone's early onslaught, finishing the first half well with Aodhan Gallagher getting the first of three late points.

The other two scores came from Cunningham, leaving it 1-8 to 5 points in Tyrone's favour going into the break.

Antrim needed to score early in the 2nd half, but instead it was Owen Mulligan who increased the margin early on. Cavanagh then sent over another point to help the Red Hands into a nine point lead.

But Antrim kept plugging away and Cunningham got two scores in quick succession one of them from play and one from a free.

Tyrone always kept their noses in front and although Antrim never really looked like winning, they had the satisfaction of scoring the last point through their captain Cunningham.

The Saffrons will now head for the qualifiers but it's Tyrone who go into the All Ireland quarter finals.

Antrim 0-15 1-18 Tyrone

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