Aidan McCrory says Tyrone are looking for a direct route to the business end of the All-Ireland senior football championship this summer.

The past five campaigns have seen Mickey Harte's men condemned to the qualifiers, where they came through in 2008 for their last Sam Maguire success, and corner-back McCrory says they'll need to hit the ground running against Derry on Sunday if they are to put in a healthy bid for Ulster championship honours.

"We probably have done well enough on the road over the recent years so we will not be too fazed about having to go and face Derry at their place," McCrory told the Belfast Telegraph.

"But you can take it that our aim will be to try and take the direct route into the All-Ireland semi-finals which means winning the Ulster title.

"We want to try and avoid that unknown element of the qualifiers.

"Even though the qualifiers have served us well in years gone by, we would still prefer the direct route if we could go that way."

Throw-in at Celtic Park on Sunday is at 2pm.

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