MONAGHAN claimed their first points of the season as they took victory over Tyrone in yesterday’s Ulster derby at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones.
The Farney county had started their Division Two campaign with a heavy defeat in Laois, while the Red Hands had earned an opening win in Roscommon.
However, the home team improved markedley on their Portlaoise display, winning by 1-12 to 2-4, with Amy Garland’s palmed goal crucial in the end.
Aimee Mackin scored both goals for Armagh in their 2-13 to 0-12 win against Roscommon and the Orchard girls now sit top of the table with two wins from two, ahead of Tipperary on scoring difference. The Tipp girls had Aishling Moloney to thanks for their 3-13 to 0-10 win over Cavan. She scored 1-8.
Westmeath were big 7-8 to 0-11 winners over Laois. Sarah Dillon (two), Anna Jones (two), Rachel Dillon, Ciara Blundell and Kelly Boyce Jordan all scored goals.
Champions Meath got back on track in Division One with victory against Donegal in Letterkenny on Saturday.
The current League and TG4 All-Ireland senior title holders secured a 1-7 to 0-5 victory with Mary Kate Lynch scoring the decisive goal for Davy Nelson’s side.
It was 0-3 to 0-3 at half-time but the Royals pushed on when the game resumed with Stacey Grimes and Niamh O’Sullivan on target. And when Lynch’s long-range effort evaded goalkeeper, Aoife McColgan, there was no way back for Donegal.
Kerry made it two wins from two with three second-half goals paving the way for a narrow 3-5 to 0-13 victory over Mayo, at the Connacht GAA Centre of Excellence in Bekan.
Mayo had only trailed by 0-5 to 0-4 at half-time but Síofra O’Shea, Lorraine Scanlon and Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh all found the net in the second half.
Galway secured a stunning 1-13 to 0-7 win against Dublin at Tuam Stadium yesterday to preserve their 100 per cent record.
The home side only held a narrow 0-6 to 0-4 lead after playing with the wind in the first half but they had a major impact from their bench after the restart.
Aiblhe Davoren, Kate Slevin, Tracey Leonard and Olivia Divilly scored points while Leanne Coen added a goal.
Cork left it late to rescue a draw at Piltown with Katie Quirke on target six minutes into added time for a 2-9 to 2-9 draw against Munster rivals Waterford.
In Division Three, Down were another team to recover from a heavy opening loss as they beat Sligo by 2-8 to 0-9 at Pairc Esler, erasing the memory of last week’s thrashing in Kildare
In Division Four Group B, Derry suffered a second successive heavy loss as they went down by 4-10 to 1-1 to Wicklow in Owenbeg.
ROUND TWO RESULTS
Division One
Donegal 0-5 Meath 1-7
Galway 1-13 Dublin 0-7
Mayo 3-5 Kerry 0-13
Waterford 2-9 Cork 2-9
Division Two
Westmeath 7-8 Laois 0-11
Monaghan 1-12 Tyrone 2-4
Roscommon 0-12 Armagh 2-13
Tipperary 3-13 Cavan 0-10
Division Three
Clare 2-3 Wexford 3-9
Down 2-8 Sligo 0-9
Offaly 0-7 Louth 2-12
Kildare 4-16 Longford 0-6
Division One
Derry 1-1 Wicklow 4-10
Leitrim 7-26 Kilkenny 0-5
