Cavan had beaten Armagh by nine points in the group stages, and began extremely confidently with a couple of early points. The Armagh captain, Rachael Trainor was one of five players that played when the Orchard County lost the 2016 final to Carlow. It was nip and tuck for the rest of the first half once Quinn and Doyle brought Armagh level for the first time. Cavan did re-establish another two-point advantage when O’Keeffe added to a point by Shanise Fitzsimons in the 23rd minute. Quinn, Trainor and Doyle all split the posts after the restart and it was 0-14 to 0-9 by the 40th minute.