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5-star Tyrone smash Louth to land All-Ireland U20 title

Noah Grimes top-scored for Tyrone with 2-6.

TYRONE LANDED THEIR third Dalata Hotel Group All-Ireland U20 football title in four years with a commanding defeat of Louth on Wednesday evening.

The Ulster side powered to a 5-16 to 0-17 win at Box-It Athletic Grounds in Armagh.

Man-of-the-match Noah Grimes top-scored for Tyrone with 2-6, while Eoin McElholm hit 2-4.

Leading 2-7 to 0-8 at half-time, Tyrone finished strong to outscore Louth 3-7 to 0-4 across the final 20 minutes.

Substitute Shea McDermott bagged Tyrone’s fifth goal as they ran out victors on 14 points, to round off an impressive campaign which saw them claimed Ulster final honours at the expense of Donegal and defeat Munster champions Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Louth, crowned Leisnter champions recently for the first time since 1981 with their final victory over Meath, had taken down Connnacht kingpins Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final.

They were ahead 0-8 to 1-4 with five minutes left to the interval, but failed to score in the remainder of the half and conceded 1-3, including the crucial second goal from Grimes on the cusp of the break.

James Maguire top-scored for Louth with 0-4, while Sean Callaghan and Tadhg McDonnell scored 0-3 apiece, but Tyrone’s goal-scoring ability powered them to success.

Scorers for Tyrone: Noah Grimes 2-6, Eoin McElholm 2-4, Shea McDermott 1-1, Ruairi McCullagh 0-2 (0-1f), Joey Clarke 0-1, Conor O’Neill 0-1, Caolan Donnelly 0-1.

Scorers for Louth: James Maguire 0-4 (1 tp), Sean Callaghan 0-3 (1 tp), Tadhg McDonnell 0-3 (1 tp), Tony McDonnell 0-2 (0-1f), Conor MacCriosta 0-1, Darragh Dorian 0-1, Shane Lennon 0-1, Adam Gillespie 0-1 (0-1f), Dylan Shevlin 0-1.

Tyrone

Conan McGarvey

Ben Hughes, Joey Clarke, Conor Devlin

Caolan Donnelly, Callum Daly, Fiachra Nelis

Conan Devlin, Conor O’Neill

Conall Sheehy, Liam Óg Mossey, Matthew Quinn

Noah Grimes, Ruairi McCullagh, Eoin McElholm

Subs

  • Eoin Donaghy for Sheehy (53)
  • Darragh Donaghy for Mossey (55)
  • Shea McDermott for Conan Devlin (58)
  • Liam Lawn for McCullagh (60)

Louth

Tiarnan Markey

Keelin Martin, Padraic Tinnelly, Micheal Reid

Tadhg McDonnell, Cormac McKeown, Conor McGinty

Sean Callaghan, James Maguire

Shane Lennon, Conor MacCriosta, Pearse Grimes Murphy

Adam Gillespie, Tony McDonnell, Darragh Dorian

Subs

  • Ben McKeown for Reid (43)
  • James McGlew for McGinty (50)
  • Dylan Shevlin for Dorian (50)

Referee: Noel Mooney (Cavan).

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