Debutant Conor Turbitt helped himself to 1-6 as Armagh overwhelmed Cavan at the Athletic Grounds, 2-18 to 1-8.

These sides played out two close encounters in the Ulster championship last summer but tonight’s game was all one-way traffic, three early Turbitt strikes followed by points from Oisin O'Neill, Aidan Forker, Niall Grimley, Rory Grugan and Stefan Campbell as the hosts led by 0-8 to 0-2 inside 20 minutes.

It was 0-10 to 0-5 at the break and Clann Eireann youngster Turbitt netted within a minute of the restart, visting full back Padraig Faulkner black-carded as the Ulster finalists’ night went from bad to worse. Campbell put the game to bed with a 64th-minute penalty and Cavan grabbed a consolation goal via the fist of Faulkner.

It was a great win for a slick looking home team, while Cavan will have to improve if they are to avoid back-to-back relegations.

Armagh - B Hughes; P Burns, G McCabe, C O’Neill; C Cumiskey, B Donaghy, A Forker (0-1); N Grimley (0-1), S Sheridan; J Duffy, R Grugan (0-3, 2f), O O’Neill (0-3); C Turbitt (1-6, 0-1f), R O’Neill (0-2f), S Campbell (1-2, 1-0pen). Subs: M Shields for J Duffy, J McElroy for A Forker, J Og Burns for P Burns, J Morgan for C Cumiskey, J Hall for R O’Neill.

Cavan - R Galligan; P Meade, P Faulkner (1-0), G Smith; C Brady, B Kelly, O Kiernan (0-2); K Brady, B Magee (0-1f); S Smith, S Cadden, C Smith; M Reilly, G McKiernan (0-2f), C Madden (0-3). Subs: E Doughty for C Madden, O Pierson for C Smith, J Smith for B Magee, C Conway for M Reilly.

Referee - B Cassidy.

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