Roscommon 2-13

Galway 0-11

Roscommon booked a place in the Connacht MFC final after a strong first half laid the foundation for victory over Galway at Bekan this evening.

Emmet Durney's young guns led by 1-9 to 0-4 at half-time. The goal came on 5 minutes when Darren Gately drilled home after a superb team move, and Enda Colleran's frees kept them ticking over. 

Then, on 44 minutes, the hard working Conor Hand fired to the net to make it 2-11 to 0-5 at the first water-break. The winners were reduced to 14-men shortly after, following a second yellow card for Alan McManus.

However, Galway were unable to make any inroads, despite playing with a numerical advantage as well as the elements. They hit four late points without reply but the Rossies had their work done.

Roscommon - D Farrell; M Sugrue, C Keogh, L Walsh; C Neary, A McManus, E Ward; O Cregg, J Greene; S Walsh, R Conlon (0-1), C Hand (1-4); A Shannon, E Colleran (0-6, 4f, 2m), D Gately (1-1). Subs: B Nugent (0-1) for J Greene, D Meeley for S Walsh, T Lennon for L Walsh, D Coleman for O Cregg, D O’Beirne for A Shannon.

Galway - J Egan; J Ramsey, E Donoghue, M Morrin; M Mulvaney, D O’Malley (0-1), A Tierney; C Gallagher (0-1), D Burke; R Kavanagh, M MacGearailt (0-4), L O Conghaile; D O’Flaherty, C O Curraoin (0-2f), D Prendergast (0-1pen). Subs: R Donnellan (0-1) for D Burke, A Kavanagh for J Ramsay, G Higgins for R Kavanagh, J Dowd (0-1) for L O Conghaile, J Slattery for D Prendergast.

Referee - M McGirl.

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