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Cavan no match for their unbeaten rivals

Monaghan 2-12 Cavan 0-10: Monaghan maintained their 100 per cent record in the league following this comprehensive win at Kingspan…

Mon Feb 18 2008 - 00:00

Monaghan 2-12 Cavan 0-10:Monaghan maintained their 100 per cent record in the league following this comprehensive win at Kingspan Breffni Park on Saturday evening.

Over 8,000 fans witnessed the continued revival of football in Monaghan, while on this display Cavan will be struggling to maintain their Division Two status.

Two first-half goals set dominant Monaghan on their way to victory. Full forward Raymond Ronaghan scored the first after 13 minutes following a good run by Tomas Freeman. The second came 10 minutes later in a move started by Conor McManus, continued on by Vincent Corey and brilliantly executed by McManus.

At that stage Monaghan were in total control when leading by 2-3 to 0-3 and further scores from Paul Finlay and two frees from Tomás Freeman put Monaghan 2-6 to 0-4 ahead at the interval.

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Monaghan appeared to relax their grip at various times in the second half but they still had the ability to score whenever it was needed and by the 46th minute they had extended their lead to nine points.

Two points from Seán Johnston came after an 11-minute break without a score from Cavan. Things got worse for the losers when they were reduced to 14 players in the 60th minute following a straight red to right corner forward Eddie Reilly.

MONAGHAN: P McBennett; D Mone, JP Mone, D Freeman; D McArdle, G McQuaid, P McGuigan; D Clerkin, E Lennon; P Finlay (0-3), V Corey (0-1), C McManus (1-2), R Woods, R Ronaghan (1-0), T Freeman (0-5). Subs: O Duffy (0-1) for C McManus (57 mins); S Gollogly for R Ronaghan (62 mins); B McKenna for E Lennon (63 mins); D Hughes for G McQuaid (67 mins); G McEnaney for P McGuigan (68 mins).

CAVAN: J Reilly; D Sheridan, P Reilly, M Brides; B Watters, J McCutcheon, K Fannin (0-1); L Mulvey, D Gaffney; M Reilly (0-1), M Lyng, A Forde; E Reilly (0-1), S Johnston (0-6, five frees), R Donoghue. Subs: J Cunningham (0-1) for D Gaffney (14 mins); M Hannon for B Watters (29 mins); J Reilly for M Lyng (ht); D McCabe for L Mulvey (55 mins); S Brady for M Reilly (59 mins).

Referee: D Coldrick (Meath).