Cavan 0-14 Armagh 1-4 Cavan produced a gallant second-half display to take their place in the Ulster ESB MFC semi-finals after defeating Armagh by seven points on Sunday in Kingspan Breffni Park. A rebounded goal from Robbie Tasker was the difference in Armagh taking a one point lead at the interval with the scores at 0-5 to 1-3, in favour of the Orchard County. Gearoid McKiernan levelled Cavan early on the second-half and from there on in it was the hosts who would put in an impressive performance to seal a provincial last four place. A Niall Murray free gave the young Breffni men the lead for the first time in the game, which was backed up with white flags from Niall McDermott, Oisin Minagh and McKiernan. The visitors only score of the half came five minutes from the end when a Rory Grugan free was the only score on his side's behalf that troubled a stubborn Cavan defence, but by then Cavan would have had their thoughts on a semi-final place. The misery was completd for Armagh when midfielder Stephen Sheridan was shown the line by referee Leo Smith after a second bookable offence. Cavan - A O'Meara; D Barkey, M Leddy, D Tighe; K Meehan, F Flanagan, C Smith (0-1); G McKiernan (0-3), O Minagh (0-1); N Murray (0-4) (3f), N McDermott (0-3) (1f), N Smith; B Reilly, K Tierney (0-1), R Maloney-Derham. Subs - C McClarey (0-1) for R Maloney-Derham (44), M Kelly for B Reilly (55), S Cooney for K Tierney (60) Armagh - C Toman; C McKendry, D Markey, B McKenna; D McKenna, A Duffy, J Grimley; J Donnelly (0-1), S Sheridan; R Grugan (0-3) (2f), T Donnelly, E McVerry; G McParland, O McKeever, R Tasker (1-0). Subs - S Lavery for C McKendry (33), J McCarron for O McKeever (52), K McVarry for B McKenna (53), S Campbell for E McVerry (56) Referee: L Smith (Down) Tweet

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