Louth 1-9 1-17 Tyrone

Louth's Ray Finnegan and David Reid challenge Davy Harte of Tyrone

Tyrone cruised into the second round of the All-Ireland qualifiers by seeing off Louth at Drogheda on Saturday.

Mickey Harte's men were 1-10 to 1-0 up at half-time with Enda McGinley scoring the goal and all six Red Hands forwards getting among the points.

Darren Clarke got Louth's goal which levelled the game in the 18th minute.

In the second half Tyrone's Colm McCullagh took his tally to five points while former All Star Sean Cavanagh landed four for the winners.

It was a fine display by Tyrone as they hope to mount a serious challenge to get their hands on the Sam Maguire trophy.

They stormed on to three-point lead inside the opening 10 minutes thanks to Martin Penrose, Tommy McGuigan and Cavanagh.

Clarke's goal brought Louth level but points from McCullagh, Brian Dooher and Brian McGuigan got Tyrone back on top.

Louth looked in danger of being overwhelmed but they showed character in the second half.

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Tyrone manager Mickey Harte:

We are pleased to get a good performance behind us, but there is still a lot to work on.

We overplayed the ball a bit in the second half and you might not get away with that on other days.

There is no time for resting on your laurels. There will be another team gunning for you next week.