Tyrone senior hurlers will be disappointed to have drawn their opening Division 3A league game at Healy Park this afternoon. The current Nicky Rackard Cup champions had a five point interval lead but let that slip in the second period to come out with just a point from the game.
Both sides traded the first two scores of the game before points from Damian Casey and Sean Og Grogan extended the lead to four 0-5 to 0-1. Monaghan to their credit did come back into the game and were 1-4 to 0-6 ahead midway through the opening half thanks to points from Ronan Meegan, Stephen Lambe and a Tony Forde goal. The visitors may well have had a second goal had goalkeeper Hugh Byrne not clipped a penalty over the bar. Tyrone finished the half much the stronger side though with two Aidan Kelly points added to by an excellent Damian Casey goal and a point. Half time Tyrone 1-10 Monaghan 1-5
Monaghan came out firing in the second half and a point from Meegan was quickly followed up with a second Forde goal. Stephen Lambe and Niall Garland added further points before Tyrone finally managed to get on the scoreboard in the 48th minute through a Damian Casey free. From there to the end of the game both sides shared four points with Conor Gorgan and Casey on the scoreboard for Tyrone and Meegan and Lambe slotting points for Monaghan.
Tyrone scorers : Damian Casey 1-7, Aidan Kelly 0-3, Conor Grogan 0-2, Sean Og Grogan 0-1
Monaghan scorers : Tony Forde 2-0, Ronan Meegan 0-4, Stephen Lambe 0-4, Niall Garland 0-1, Hugh Byrne 0-1
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