Dr McKenna Cup

2023 Dr McKenna Cup Final: Derry 3-11 Tyrone 1-5  After a first Ulster SFC triumph for 24 years last season, a first McKenna Cup in 12 years for Derry, achieved by another destruction of their arch-rivals Tyrone, following on from 2022’s 11-point Championship triumph in Omagh.

IF you’re looking taking substantive out of a very decent McKenna Cup tie in Owenbeg, you can only surmise that the Derry-Tyrone rivalry is very much alive again.

A LATE Derry fightback saw the Ulster champions join tonight’s opponents in this weekend’s Dr McKenna Cup semi-final – with Lachlan Murray’s score six minutes into added time sending Armagh out the exit door in the process.

TYRONE fell well below the high standards they have set themselves during a forgettable 2022, and they need to regain the confidence of their people, according to Cathal McShane.

THE new Spar ad (other convenience stores are available) raised a wry smile in recent days.

ALL-IRELAND winning captain Padraig Hampsey believes the introduction of a raft of new talent into the Tyrone senior squad can only be a positive thing as they aim to return to the form of 2021.

The split season between inter-county and club action has been the topic for many a debate over the last couple of years, but to have to wait over six months to watch your county team play again is a long time.

The Tyrone players won’t allow the pressure to get to them as they pick up the pieces from the wreckage of last season’s spectacular collapse, Kieran McGeary has insisted.

AIB Dr McKenna Cup semi-final: Armagh v Monaghan (tonight, Athletic Grounds, 7.

DOWN boss James McCartan is hoping to welcome some familiar faces back into his starting 15 for tonight’s clash with Antrim – as a mixture of Covid, injuries and university commitments push his panel to the limit.