Division Two B/Cavan 0-13 Tipperary 1-9: Cavan had to battle hard to claim the points at Kingspan Breffni Park yesterday. Cavan received an early setback when Brian Coen's shot was deflected into the net by a defender - and Tipperary led 1-4 to 0-5 at the break.

In the second half both sides were reduced to 14 players with red cards for Cavan's Martin Cahill and Tipp's Niall Fitzgerald.

CAVAN: J Reilly; M Hannon, C Collins, K Fannin; P Reilly, S Brady (0-1), M Brides; L Mulvey, E King; R Flanagan, A Forde, F O'Reilly (0-6); J Reilly (0-3), E Reilly, S Johnston (0-2). Subs: A Gaynor for K Fannin (12 mins); M Cahill for R Flanagan (31); M Brennan for E King (53); L Reilly (0-1) for A Gaynor (58); S Maguire for L Mulvey (67).

TIPPERARY: P Fitzgerald; P King, N Kelly, A Morrissey; M Phelan, R Costigan, C Maher; E Hanrahan, G Hannigan; B Lacy, B Hickey (0-1), N Fitzgerald; B Coen (1-0), D Browne (0-4), B Mulvihill. Subs: P Austin for B Hickey, M Peters (0-2) for B Coen (both 60 mins); A Fitzgerald (0-2) for N Kelly (63); A Foley for C Maher (67).

Referee: P Kearney (Roscommon).