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Fermanagh guarantee promotion with late surge in Cavan

Cavan and Fermanagh will meet again in the league final next weekend at Croke Park after the visitors produced a stirring finish to deservedly take both points and secure top spot in Division 3.

The old adage concerning which team's need is greater was expected to come into play here. While Cavan wanted to win, Fermanagh needed to do so unless Down did them a favour in Tullamore – and they played that way, especially in the closing stages.

As it turned out, Down did win easily against Offaly but Fermanagh made sure anyway – and the truth is, they probably should have won by more.

The Erne men were the better team in the first half but went in three in arrears, owing principally to the fact that two Cavan point attempts dropped short and ended up in the net.

The home side failed to raise a white flag from play in a forgettable opening 35 minutes as they built up a 2-03 to 0-06 advantage at the midway point.

Scoring chances in general were hard to come by early on, with the sides mirroring each other tactically, both bringing lots of bodies back and looking to force turnovers and break at pace.

Cavan got off to a dream start when a James Smith shot from a tight angle struck the woodwork and fell kindly for the in-rushing Jonny McCabe, who palmed to the net with just 30 seconds on the clock.

But Fermanagh shrugged off the early setback and by the 11th minute, they were level with quality scores from Aidan Breen, Darragh McGurn and Ronan McCaffrey.

Oisin Brady (free) and McGurn traded scores before Cavan struck gold again when Jack McKenna’s shot dropped short and Killian Clarke contested it and may have got the deftest touch to help it to the net.

That left Cavan three ahead on 22 minutes; they had another "goal" ruled out shortly

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