Overview
- Lorcan McGarrity and Mattie Donnelly netted fisted goals in either half to provide the decisive margin for Tyrone.
- Mattie Donnelly led Tyrone’s scoring while being stationed high in attack, with Ruairí Canavan deployed at centre-forward in a notable tweak.
- A reported 7,180 attended at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh, with live coverage available via TG4’s YouTube stream.
- Darren McCurry struck three points off the bench and Niall Devlin steadied the backline as Tyrone closed out the win.
- Both sides handed first senior starts and debuts — including Daniel Magee and Fergal O’Brien for Armagh, and Peter McCaughey, Conor O’Neill and Oisin Gormley for Tyrone — with Armagh visiting Down on 7 January and Tyrone hosting Down on 11 January.