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Captain Eoin Fallon was one of four survivors from last year's minor team. Cathal Noonan/INPHO

Heartbreak for Leitrim as Roscommon end their minor championship dream

Leitrim were Connacht minor league champions this year.

Roscommon 2-13

Leitrim 1- 11

LEITRIM’S HOPES OF a first Connacht championship in 16 years were crushed in today’s semi-final meeting with Roscommon.

Having defeated Galway, Mayo and Roscommon in winning this year’s Connacht minor league; Leitrim came to the Hyde full of confidence.

Enda Lyons and his team needed every last bit of that confidence as Noel Gately buried an early goal for the Rossies.

Despite the setback Leitrim would go point for point with Roscommon, before Hubert Darcy added a second goal. His chance created by young centre forward Luke Carty – a younger brother of Connacht rugby player and former Roscommon minor Jack Carthy.

Fergal O’Donnell’s side were expecting a tough encounter with Leitrim, so there was little surprise when they replied instantly with a goal of their own. A goal which proved to swing the balance for Lyons’ team, who added three points to go in at the break ahead, 1-7 to 2-3.

While Leitrim would add on the first two scores of the second-half, a string of points mid-way through the second 35 minutes nudged Roscommon ahead. The Rossies’ early goal proved crucial and they were able to introduce fresh legs and build a four point winning lead.

They now face All-Ireland champions Mayo in the Connacht final.

Roscommon

1. Shane Mannion – St Brigid’s
2. Jack Casey – Oran
3. Brian Stack - St Brigid’s
4. Martin Flannery - Clann na nGael
5. Fergal Lennon - Clann na nGael
6. Evan McGrath – Boyle
7. Eoin Fallon – St Aidan’s
8. Tom Butler – Padraig Pearses
9. Ronan Raftery – Castlrea
10. David Connaughton - Clann na nGael
11. Luke Carty - St Brigid’s
12. Killian Bannon - Clann na nGael
13. Noel Gately – St Ciaran’s
14. Hubert Darcy - Padraig Pearses
15. Kevin Smyth – St Croans

Leitrim

1. Michael Gallagher
2. James Mitchell
3. Philip Dolan
4. David Mulvey
5. Oisin Madden
6. Alan McTague
7. Dean McGovern
8. Mark Plunkett
9. Conor Cullen
10. Conor Gaffney
11. Keith Keegan
12. Ryan O’Rourke
13. Peter Reynolds
14. Gary Fowley
15. Luke Murphy

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    Mute Sean og S
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    Aug 18th 2018, 8:52 PM

    Was a fantastic fight whilst it lasted. Cannot understand why paddy did not want to bring it to the later rounds. Fought fire with fire too much. A symptom of fighting in a hometown stadium.

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    Aug 19th 2018, 10:17 AM

    @Sean og S: I’ve never seen a country lose so much in every sport. I mean do Ireland ever win anything, seriously?

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    Aug 19th 2018, 10:22 AM

    @Tyler Williams: you’d miss the ole red thumbs….

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    Aug 19th 2018, 11:05 AM

    @Tyler Williams: have you ever heard of Rugby?

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    Aug 19th 2018, 11:34 AM

    @Tyler Williams: the Irish women’s hockey team.

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    Aug 19th 2018, 11:52 AM

    @Ciara Ni Mhurchu: literally 3 days ago TJ Doheny became a world champion boxer

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    Aug 19th 2018, 3:57 PM

    @Tyler Williams: troll/10 marks for that

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    Aug 21st 2018, 4:37 AM

    @Tyler Williams: We’re a country with a population of 5m. The US is a country with a population of approximately 325m – and yet, you do not win everything “in every sport”. As a nation, you have yet to embrace the only true global sport, football (not handeggball) because you play it so badly, to watch the US national team is an offense to the senses. Also, FYI, the national Irish rugby (a far superior game in comparison to NFL) team, as well as our club sides, regularly dominate the global and european leagues.

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    Aug 18th 2018, 8:57 PM

    He was up against a brillant boxer.

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    Aug 18th 2018, 10:05 PM

    @Gerry W: you were a brilliant boxer yourself Gerry before you picked up that injury

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    Aug 18th 2018, 11:04 PM

    @Flembomb: Consistent

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    Aug 18th 2018, 10:07 PM

    Looks Knacker ed

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    Aug 18th 2018, 10:13 PM

    @John O Reilly: you must be knackered yourself John. Way past your bedtime

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    Aug 19th 2018, 12:30 AM

    @Brian Les: are you a les

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    Aug 19th 2018, 3:37 PM

    @John O Reilly: …bian?

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    Aug 18th 2018, 11:46 PM

    Olympics a different game, he was found out.

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    Aug 19th 2018, 9:52 AM

    @Greedylocks: Sure he only turned pro because he was too old to make another Olympics and went to the only other place he could make cash and got found out.it’s the main reason we have good amatures and no good professionals, the funding they got in the amature game was too much to risk by turning pro.

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    Aug 18th 2018, 10:48 PM

    Looking at the guys each had fought coming in this was a fairly predictable result. Too much far too soon. Had fought 5 absolute club fighters whereas Rosales has been mixing it in near world class for years.

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    Aug 18th 2018, 9:05 PM

    What time is Fury on at?

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    Aug 18th 2018, 9:15 PM

    @Gone Fishing: now

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    Aug 18th 2018, 9:51 PM

    @Gone Fishing: Furry who?

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    Aug 18th 2018, 10:14 PM

    @Tiarnan Guinée: Turned it on for the square off with Wilder, styles make fights, should be a cracker jacker.

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    Aug 18th 2018, 11:26 PM

    @john: He is from the same place as James McLean, the bloke you have a photo of on your Twitter feed. 100% Irish.

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    Aug 19th 2018, 12:28 AM

    @Tanks a Minion: McLean’s s Derry man. Not the same place at all

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    Aug 19th 2018, 11:58 AM

    Went way way way can I say way again too early for a title shot ,,, he will be no doubt about that ,,, superior boxer with experience against him ,,

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