Former Tyrone All-Ireland winner Ryan McMenamin says the Red Hands need to add an Ulster title to their recent National League success.

McMenamin, who won five Anglo-Celt Cups under Mickey Harte, says a first provincial triumph for the county since 2010 would provide the perfect platform for them to challenge for the All-Ireland title in September.

"It's something they need to win, to give them that confidence, if they are to push on for bigger honours further on down the year," McMenamin said in today's Irish News.

"They're going along the right tracks, so you would be hoping on the evidence of Division Two, where it was mostly Ulster teams, Tyrone seemed to be that level above.

"They have got good draw as well, and you would hope that if they can get out of Celtic Park (against Derry), they would have a good chance.

"The team seems to be coming along well, it's a good young team, and you saw on Sunday that the boys played well."

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