Tyrone Strike Late To Snatch Victory Over Donegal

Tyrone struck precocious successful Ballybofey to snatch a 2-17 to 0-20 triumph complete Donegal successful Group One of nan All-Ireland SFC round-robin bid connected Saturday.

Ulster champions Donegal led pinch 8 to play, but Tyrone responded to get level and Peter Harte cracked complete a sublime two-pointer to animate his squad to triumph and extremity Jim McGuinness' cleanable grounds arsenic Donegal head astatine MacCumhaill Park.

This was a crippled which swung this measurement and that, but 2 first-half goals from Seanie O'Donnell - 1 of 4 precocious changes to nan Tyrone squad - helped nan Red Hands into nan lead astatine nan break.

In tricky conditions, it was Michael Langan and Michael Murphy who carried overmuch of nan conflict for nan hosts, pinch Langan hitting 7 points from play and Murphy 8 successful total, including 3 two-point frees.

Donegal enjoyed a bully commencement pinch a mates of early scores, but Tyrone deed backmost pinch nan first of O'Donnell's goals successful nan eighth infinitesimal erstwhile he was quickest to respond to Michael McKernan's dropping shot.

The 2nd extremity came 7 minutes later arsenic Conn Kilpatrick put O'Donnell done and he thumped debased past Gavin Mulreany - a precocious alteration for nan injured Shaun Patton.

Tyrone led by five, but Donegal ate into nan lead pinch a mates of two-point frees from Michael Murphy, helping them tie level, but Darren McCurry deed backmost pinch 1 of his ain astatine nan different extremity arsenic Tyrone led 2-7 to 0-11 astatine nan extremity of nan opening half.

The 2nd half was a slow burner arsenic nan sides swapped points earlier Darren McCurry, who became progressively influential and vanished pinch 0-7 to his name, deed 3 connected nan rotation to push nan spread retired to five, but two-pointers from Murphy and Langan brought Donegal backmost successful earlier Langan levelled.

They were level heading into nan last consecutive erstwhile Donegal captain, Patrick McBrearty, was sprung from nan chair to onshore a two-pointer.

But Tyrone didn't panic and sewage themselves backmost connected position earlier that inspirational two-pointer from Harte.

They managed to drain nan timepiece pinch Cormac Quinn kicking nan security precocious connected to seal a immense triumph arsenic they get fresh for nan sojourn of Mayo to Omagh adjacent week, while Donegal will activity to bounce backmost erstwhile they caput to Cavan for different Ulster derby.