Tyrone claim first Division 2 victory while Cork make it three wins out of three

February 15, 2026

Tyrone's Michael Rafferty is tackled by Tiarnan Madden of Cavan ©INPHO/Grace Halton

Tyrone got their first win of the Allianz Football League Division 2 campaign by inflicting Cavan’s third successive loss (2-23 to 1-14) in Omagh this afternoon.

Malachy O’Rourke’s side had a draw and a defeat coming into this all-Ulster clash and, after a shaky start, they’d net goals through Brian Kennedy and Mattie Donnelly before half-time and then pull away from their winless opponents in the closing 20 minutes for an emphatic victory.

Cavan had enjoyed a brilliant start which saw an early two-pointer from Oisin Brady (free) being backed up by Tiarnan Madden’s goal in the third minute.

The points of Peter Corrigan and Gerard Smith kept the visitors ahead until Kennedy got in for the Red Hands’ first goal and, after Seanie O’Donnell and Eoin McElholm swapped points with Gearoid McKiernan and Dara McVeety, Donnelly would cut through for the home side’s second goal to make it 2-7 to 1-6 come the interval.

Darragh Canavan’s two-pointer extended the Tyrone lead nine minutes into the second-half and, despite three scores from Paddy Lynch (two frees) at the other end, O’Rourke’s charges would end up cruising to their first win as McElholm, Canavan (2), Joe Oguz, Ethan Jordan and Michael McKernan all raised white flags down the home stretch.

The earlier game in Division 2 saw Cork claiming their third successive win as they defeated Offaly by 3-15 to 0-19 in Tullamore.

Colm O’Callaghan netted the Rebels’ first goal after nine minutes and they’d open up a 1-8 to 0-4 lead with the help of points Mark Cronin and Steven Sherlock.

Things got worse for the hosts when O’Callaghan got in for his second goal on the eve of half-time, leaving it at 2-9 to 0-6 when the teams went in, and Cronin would hammer in a third goal for John Cleary’s men four minutes into the restart.

That left the margin between the teams at a dozen points, which proved too much for the Faithful men to try and claw back despite the best efforts of Harry Plunkett and Keith O’Neill for them in attack.


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