Stephen Coen has been axed from the Sligo panel ahead of Saturday's Connacht SFC semi-final showdown with Roscommon.

The Yeats County corner-forward, who missed much of the league campaign due to a hamstring injury, is understood to have been dropped by manager Niall Carew following a breach of discipline.

Carew refused to be drawn on Coen's departure when speaking to The Irish Times: "We're in great shape.

"We'll have no excuses, we are where we want to be. It has been a big gap in terms of waiting for a championship game but there's no excuses as we've known that since October.

"Roscommon are hot favourites, in their heads they're way ahead of us. But we're itching to get started."

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