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Ethan Rafferty takes advantage of new gaelic football rules to help Armagh seal statement win over Tyrone in Division 1
GOALKEEPER Ethan Rafferty scored five points as rampant Armagh saw off Tyrone at the Athletic Grounds last night.
The Grange clubman helped the All-Ireland SFC champions claim a seven-point win over the Red Hands — showcasing what stoppers can do under the new rules.
![Armagh goalkeeper Ethan Rafferty with supporters after a game.](https://www.thesun.ie/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/02/0cf2dbd9-b41f-4132-acbe-44d6ee19a1f9.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He even scored a brace of two-pointers for Kieran McGeeney’s troops under the lights — despite not being picked to start until late on.
After losing their NFL Division 1 opener against Galway last weekend, Armagh were a transformed team.
And it was quite the time for them to do it as they played in front of 14,336 jubilant fans — likely still on a high from their Sam Maguire success last year.
With a strong wind in their favour during the opening half, the Orchard romped to a 1-14 to 0-3 lead against a stunned Tyrone side, with Andrew Murnin scoring their goal.
The Red Hands were comfortable winners over league champions Derry in their first game.
But they were outplayed and outclassed by an Armagh side who attacked relentlessly from the first whistle.
And the late inclusion of Rafferty proved a masterstroke — with the goalkeeper looking like he is tailor-made to play under the new rules.
With the wind at the Orchard’s backs in the opening spell, their intent to go for two-pointers was obvious.
Rafferty scored 0-4 of Armagh’s first-half total from two long-range scores.
And with Aidan Forker and Ross McQuillan also scoring from outside the arc, Armagh managed a whopping eight points from four two-pointers before the break.
It would have been more if it was not for Niall Morgan getting his hand to an effort from Murnin — which reduced the score to one point.
Tyrone were well off the pace in a first half dominated by the All-Ireland champions, back on home soil for the first time since lifting Sam last summer.
And Kieran McGeeney’s side delivered with a performance that was brimming with confidence, cohesion and a new-found understanding of the new rules which seemed to be lacking in Salthill last weekend.
Murnin’s goal came after 20 minutes. After Armagh claimed a Tyrone kickout, Oisín Conaty threaded a pass through to Rory Grugan who squared the ball across to Murnin — who flew in at the back post to palm it beyond Morgan.
Armagh led 1-5 to 0-1 at that point, with Tyrone taking 16 minutes to register their first point through Shea O’Hare.
Tyrone had plenty of the ball but were reluctant to shoot into the wind and looked dejected as they sloped off at half-time trailing by 14 points,
They were going to have to shoot the lights out to have any hope of making the second half competitive.
But Armagh quickly showed they were in no mood to allow them back into it.
Within nine second-half minutes, they had scored a further four points — more than Tyrone had managed in the entire opening period.
Darren McCurry at least got the scoreboard ticking over with a pair of two-point frees to get Tyrone into double figures.
Liam Gray, sub Eoin McElholm and a two-pointer from play from Michael McKernan soon reduced the deficit to a more respectable eight points with just under ten minutes to play.
But they could only cut the deficit to seven points by the end as Armagh managed the game well and stayed in control of it.
ARMAGH: E Rafferty 0-5, 2tp; T McCormack 0-1, B McCambridge, J Duffy; Connaire Mackin, A Forker 0-2, 1 tp, G McCabe; B Crealey, R McQuillan 0-3, 1 tp; O Conaty 0-1, R Grugan 0-1f, D McMullan 0-1; J Hall 0-1, A Murnin 1-4, C Turbitt 0-4, 1f. Subs: S Campbell for McQuillan 55 mins; C McConville for Grugan 65; J Og Burns for Mackin 68.
TYRONE: N Morgan; A Clarke, P Teague, N Devlin; F Burns, M McKernan 0-4, 2tp, S O’Hare 0-2; B Kennedy 0-1, L Gray 0-1; S O’Donnell 0-2, K McGeary 0-1, A Donaghy; D McCurry 0-6, 2f, 2tpf, M Donnelly, R Cassidy. Subs: C Kilpatrick for Donaghy h-t; E McElholm 0-1 for Cassidy h-t; R Brennan for Burns 46 mins; C Daly for Gray 47. C McShane for Donnelly 63.
REFEREE: J McQuillan (Cavan).
The Vamps star reveals he’s engaged to US actress just weeks after revealing they’re expecting their first child
THE Vamps star has revealed he’s engaged to a US actress – just weeks after announcing they’re expecting the first child.
Tristan Evans has gotten down on one knee and proposed to girlfriend Nikki Banner.
![Tristan Evans and Nikki Banner embracing on a beach.](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/msemail_nikki_1732740617_3510805217015109449_20158204jpg-JS968448033.jpg?strip=all&w=702)
![Couple kissing and holding ultrasound photos.](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/vamps-tristan-evans-expecting-first-956471797.jpg?strip=all&w=527)
After popping the question, the couple shared their exciting news during a joint post shared to both of their Instagram accounts on Saturday night.
Captioning a post that included a slew of photos which captured the moment Tristan popped the question to Nikki during a romantic getaway, The American actress wrote: “Forever looks good on us.”
She then followed it with a single red heart emoji followed by a sparkling ring emoji.
One The Vamps fan wrote: “OMG! Congrats!!! So happy for you.”
While another commented: “oh my god!!! Congratulations I am so happy for you both.”
And a third gushed: “Congratulations this is the most amazing news ever so happy for you guys.”
Their news comes after they revealed they were expecting their first child together in December.
Drummer Tristan and actress Nikki shared snaps of their baby scan to delighted fans.
Nikki penned: “Growing our love story, one tiny heartbeat at a time.
“Baby Evans coming April 2025.”
The pair first went public with their relationship in May 2024.
Prior to meeting Nikki, drummer Tristan had a short fling with OnlyFans and Celebs Go Dating star Lottie Moss.
Their relationship only lasted four months before they split and went their separate ways.
Before that Tristan was in a long term relationship with hair and makeup artist Anastasia Ings, before they split in 2018.
![Tristan Evans and Nikki Banner at a train station.](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/www-instagram-com-nikki-968448028.jpg?strip=all&w=768)