Sean Cavanagh raised the Anglo Celt at Clones

Tyrone regained their Ulster title comfortably yesterday, beating Down by 2-17 to 0-15.

The Mourne men were able to stick with Tyrone during the first half thanks to some big scores and hard tackling. They could have went in leading at half time had Darragh O’Hanlon hit the net, but his shot edged agonisingly wide for the Down fans.

In the second period Tyrone pulled away. Eamonn Burns’s side was hit with a killer blow when key man Kevin McKernan was black carded off, and then the Red Hands went on a scoring spree which Down could not keep up with. Coalisland’s Padraig Hampsey won man of the match after scoring 0-3 from half back.

Down must now play Monaghan in the qualifiers in just under  a fortnight’s time, while Tyrone will wait to see who emerges from round four of the back door.

The reaction on Twitter to Tyrone’s win was one of delight from both players and fans.

Delighted for @RONeill15 yesterday
All the extra hard work,6am gym sessions that no one sees, and sticking in there, class goal!
#Tyrone

— shaywho (@shaywho1) July 17, 2017

FYI @TyroneGAALive scored 2-18 today – McShane’s shot was over the bar in injury-time! Tyrone will be hard to beat over the coming weeks pic.twitter.com/auiLbYlt2T

— Paddy Tierney (@PaddyTierney21) July 16, 2017

#2inrow. Proud to be a Tyrone man tonight. Congratulation to Micky Harte and his mighty men.

— owen mulligan (@owen_mulligan) July 16, 2017

Really glad i got that good price for hotel in Sept. People just not take my advice.

— brian mc guigan (@brianmcguigan7) July 16, 2017

Mickey Harte revels in Tyrone’s Ulster title win https://t.co/kZdOpUdvlr pic.twitter.com/EuRO3EQr5V

— Off The Ball (@offtheball) July 16, 2017

Ulster Senior champions for a 15th time and looking at these scenes clearly still means so much #tyronegaa pic.twitter.com/CjF1IFSTeS

— Barry O’Donnell (@bod_uherald) July 16, 2017

Another good day to be from Tyrone ?⚪️ #back2back this man was dynamite? pic.twitter.com/jvgzehvLzO

— Matthew donnelly (@mattydonn86) July 16, 2017