Cavan’s Ulster championship journey has ended following a 1-14 to 0-12 defeat at the hands of Armagh at Kingspan Breffni.
Cavan were outplayed for much of the contest. Armagh were nine points clear 14 minutes from time and the lead proved unassailable in the end.
Armagh led 0-3 to 0-0 inside seven minutes before points from Cian Madden and Oisin Brady made it a one-point game seven minutes later.
The visitors replied with three successive scores as Cavan endured a nine-minute barren spell. Patrick Lynch ended the drought on 23 minutes.
60 seconds later, Shane McPartland restored Armagh’s four-point cushion. Ben Crealey’s goal on 34 minutes made it a nine-point game.
Cavan responded by hitting the last two first-half scores but were still seven points down at the break; 1-10 to 0-6.
Armagh’s Conor O’Neill slotted over a point on 56 minutes. Suddenly, it was back to a nine-point game but the hosts failed to score thereafter.
Gearoid McKiernan (two), Patrick Lynch and Raymond Galligan slotted over late points for Cavan who still fell short in the end.
