Afternoon all and welcome to today’s live coverage of the Connacht semi-final between Roscommon and Mayo. Here’s how the sides are named to start:
Mayo
1. David Clarke – Ballina Stephenites
2. Oisín Mullin – Kilmaine
3. Chris Barrett – Clontarf
4. Lee Keegan – Westport
5. Patrick Durcan – Castlebar Mitchels
6. Stephen Coen – Hollymount/Carramore
7. Eoghan McLaughlin – Westport
8. Matthew Ruane – Breaffy
9. Conor Loftus – Crossmolina Deel Rovers
10. Bryan Walsh – Ballintubber
11. Ryan O’Donoghue – Belmullet
12. Diarmuid O’Connor – Ballintubber
13. Tommy Conroy – The Neale
14. Aidan O’Shea – Breaffy
15. Cillian O’Connor – Ballintubber
Roscommon
1. Colm Lavin – Éire Óg
2. David Murray – Padraig Pearses
3. Conor Daly – Padraig Pearses
4. Sean Mullooly – Strokestown
5. Ronan Daly – Padraig Pearses
6. Brian Stack – St Brigids
7. Niall Daly – Padraig Pearses
8. Cathal Compton – Strokestown
9. Tadhg O’Rourke – Tulsk
10. Niall Kilroy – Fuerty
11. Enda Smith – Boyle
12. Cian McKeon – Boyle
13. Donie Smith – Boyle
14. Conor Cox – Éire Óg
15. Cathal Cregg – Western Gaels
Galway await in the final after receiving a walkover from Covid-hit Sligo. Who do you fancy to prevail today?
Poll Results:
Roscommon won the toss and will play against the wind in the first-half. Mayo have made one change with Kevin McLoughlin replacing Bryan Walsh.
Roscommon 0-1 Mayo 0-1
4 mins – Kerry native Conor Cox wins a mark and slots it between the posts for the Rossies.
Roscommon 0-1 Mayo 0-2
6 mins – Paddy Durcan drives forward and opens his account for the day.
Roscommon 0-1 Mayo 0-3
8 mins – O’Connor slots over his second free of the day. It arrived after Colm Lavin was turned over as he came out with the ball.
Roscommon 0-2 Mayo 0-3
9 mins – Tadhg O’Rourke slots over a score for the Rossies.
Roscommon 0-2 Mayo 0-4
9 mins – Diarmuid O’Connor slots over a fine effort from the outside of the right.
Roscommon 0-2 Mayo 0-6
13 mins – Cillian O’Connor slots over his third after a nice assist from McLoughlin.
GOAL! Diarmuid O’Connor strokes home an early goal for Mayo against Roscommon.
That’s the first time Roscommon have conceded a goal in a competitive game since the league opener back in February.
Roscommon 0-2 Mayo 1-6
18 mins – Mayo are in full control now as the game resumes after the first-half water break.
Roscommon 0-2 Mayo 1-7
21 mins – Aidan O’Shea slots over a fine effort off his right foot. At the far end Enda Smith sent a goal chance off the ground tamely into the hands of David Clarke.
Roscommon 0-3 Mayo 1-7
23 mins – Cian McKeon gets a badly needed score for Roscommon. Remember they’ll have a strong breeze behind them in the second-half.
Roscommon 0-3 Mayo 1-7
25 mins – Durcan and Conor Loftus kick wides as Mayo fail to turn the screw.
Roscommon 0-4 Mayo 1-7
31 mins – Fantastic score by Donie Smith, kicking the point under pressure from Oisin Mullin.
Roscommon 0-4 Mayo 1-8
32 mins – Tommy Conroy opens his account for the day with Mayo’s first score for 10 minutes.
Roscommon 0-5 Mayo 1-8
32 mins – Donie Smith adds another for the hosts. Roscommon haven’t been killed off yet and they’ve a strong bench to bring in after half-time.
HT - Roscommon 0-5 Mayo 1-8
Roscommon 0-5 Mayo 1-9
38 mins – After a lovely Mayo counter-attack, Cillian O’Connor pops it over from close-range.
Roscommon 0-5 Mayo 1-10
39 mins – After a great run through the heart of the Roscommon defence, Mayo’s Ryan O’Donoghue is fouled. Sharpshooter O’Connor slots over the free.
Roscommon 0-5 Mayo 1-11
42 mins – Lee Keegan wins a break at midfield, passes to Diarmuid O’Connor who feeds his brother for another score.
Roscommon 0-6 Mayo 1-12
46 mins – Cillian O’Connor is fouled and Sean Mullooly receives a yellow card. O’Connor slots over the close-range free.
Aidan O’Shea is playing as a third midfielder in this half for Mayo, who are playing a two-man full-forward line of Tommy Conroy and Cillian O’Connor.
First-half highlights here from the game:
Watch the Half-Time Highlights of @MayoGAA v @RoscommonGAA in the Connacht SFC Semi-Final here on GAANOW!
— The GAA (@officialgaa) November 8, 2020
Half-Time Score:
Mayo: 1-08
Roscommon: 0-05 pic.twitter.com/tQAi1X8tn6
Roscommon 0-7 Mayo 1-12
49 mins – Cox swings over his second of the day, this one from a free.
Roscommon 0-8 Mayo 1-12
50 mins – Three-in-a-row for Roscommon, the latest from Cox.
Roscommon 0-9 Mayo 1-12
51 mins – Four without reply now for Roscommon after Niall Daly’s booming effort.
Roscommon 0-9 Mayo 1-13
52 mins – Just as the tide was turning against Mayo, Paddy Durcan makes a lungbursting run and scores inside the D.
Roscommon 0-9 Mayo 1-14
58 mins – Mark Moran – making his championship debut – is fouled and Cillian O’Connor does the business from the placed ball.
Roscommon sub: Ciaran Lennon replaces Conor Cox.
Mayo sub: Jordan Flynn is in for Diarmuid O’Connor.
Roscommon 0-9 Mayo 1-15
62 mins – Mayo turn over Conor Devanney and O’Connor curls over his ninth point of the day.
Roscommon sub: Diarmuid Murtagh is on for Donie Smith.
Roscommon 0-10 Mayo 1-15
63 mins – Cian McKeon converts a free for Roscommon. They need to get a goal from somewhere soon or their season will be over.
Roscommon 0-13 Mayo 1-16
69 mins – Cian McKeon with another free for the Rossies as we approach stoppage-time.
FT - Roscommon 0-13 Mayo 1-16
Best of Luck to our neighbours
Mayo need to work out a plan for opposition’s kickouts. Lost every one that went long in the first half. Against Dublin or Kerry they will get annilitated. What used to be Mayos strong point with Aiden, Seamus, Parsons it’s now weak. Ruane and Loftus bring something different but fielding a high ball is not one of their strengths. Aiden needs to be moved out to the middle on Roscommon kickouts