All-Ireland MFC quarter-final: Tyrone come good in second half
August 10, 2008
Ulster champions Tyrone are through to another All-Ireland minor football semi-final after a strong second half showing eased them to victory over Roscommon at Pearse Park.
Tyrone....1-15
Roscommon.1-8
The Red Hands recovered from the concession of a seventh minute goal from Darren McDermott to go into the break ahead by two points, and they pushed on from there to qualify for a last-four showdown with Meath.
The beaten Connacht finalists led until the 18th minute when Aussies Rules recruit Kyle Coney responded with a Tyrone goal. Three Paddy McNeice points helped them to a 1-6 to 1-4 interval lead, with Eugene Stritch, Niall Kilroy and McDermott on target for the Rossies.
Tyrone were by far the stronger team after the restart, outscoring their opponents by 0-9 to 0-4 with Matthew Donnelly and substitute Ronan Tierney accounting for 0-6 of their tally.
Tyrone - T Harney; F McQuaid, G Teague, R Pickering; S McRory, P Harte, K Mossey; N McKenna (0-1), S Warnock; C Girvan, D McNulty (0-1), M Donnelly (0-4); K Coney (1-2), P McNeice (0-4), C O'Neill (0-1). Subs - R Tierney (0-2) for Teague, R McNabb for Warnock, M Slane for McQuaid, M Rodgers for McNeice, R Keenan for McNulty.
Roscommon - D O'Malley; Brogan, N Collins, C Dolphin; E Bannon, N Daly, M Higgins (0-1); E Stritch (0-1), C Shine; M Sweeney (0-1), B Murtagh, B Carthy (0-1); N Kilroy (0-1), D Lennon (0-2), D McDermott (1-1). Subs - E Sheehy for McDermott, C Brennan for Sweeney, T Hanley for Lennon, M Keavney for Collins, S Beirne for Brogan.
Ref - P Kneel (Laois).
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