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ALLIANZ NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
DIVISION 2 ROUND 7
ATTACK: Ciaran Lennon was one of the stars for Roscommon as they gained promotion to the top tier with victory over Cork at Dr Hyde Park.
Photo: Daire Brennan/SPORTSFILE
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Roscommon promoted with another strong display
Roscommon ......0-17 dCork ..................1-11
By DARAGH SMALL Media West Ireland
Ciaráin Murtagh all on target. it gave them a 0-7 to 0-2 lead before Kelleher struck for Cork’s badly needed goal in the 20th minute.
iArMUid Murtagh was the match winner for the 13 men of roscommon and they were promoted back to divi-
He finished low past Colm Lavin and all of a sudden Cork were right back in the game. donie Smith answered that goal with a point, but Mark Collins scored while O’neill contin- ued to impress. John O’rourke tied the game up at 1-6 to 0-9 in the 31st minute.
sion 1 of the national Football League with a win over Cork at dr Hyde Park.
The sides were level at the interval and Ciaran Lennon put roscommon back in front after just 30 seconds, before Conor daly doubled their advantage.
Peter Kelleher scored a first-half goal for Cork and the sides were level 1-7 to 0-10 at the break. But despite Ultan Harney’s late injury-time dismissal for a second yellow card and Cathal Creggs’ black, roscommon held
Michael Hurley levelled things up again in the 51st minute and Collins pushed Cork in front for the first time.
on.roscommon came into this game knowing that victory would secure their place back in the top tier at the first time of asking. And they started well with a point from donie Smith, but that could have been a goal had ryan Price not saved an effort from Conor devaney.
But diarmuid Murtagh began a four-point blitz which was concluded by Creggs’ point and roscommon were out of touch.
SCORERS – Roscommon: D Murtagh 0-5 (0-3f), C Murtagh 0-3 (0-2f), D Smith 0-3, C Lennon 0-3, C Daly 0-1, C Cregg 0-1, N Daly 0-1.
Cork: C O’Neill 0-5 (0-3f, 0-1 45), P Kelleher 1-0, M Collins 0-3, J O’Rourke 0-1, M Taylor 0-1, M Hurley 0-1.
ROSCOMMON: C Lavin; D Murray (N Daly 43), F Lennon, P Domican; C Daly, U Harney, B Stack; T O’Rourke (C Cregg 53), C Compton; C Murtagh, N Kilroy, C Devaney (S McDermott 66); D Smith (E Smith 47), C Lennon (F Cregg 68), D Murtagh. CORK: R Price; K Crowley, J O’Sullivan, K Flahive; M Taylor (P Clancy 58), S Wilson, T Clancy (D Quinn 51); I Maguire (C Vaughan 61), C O’Hanlon; R O’Toole (D O’Callaghan 64), M Collins, J O’Rourke; C O’Neill, P Kelleher (D O’Connor 59), S Sherlock (M Hurley 48). REFEREE: Padraig Hughes (Armagh).
Colm O’neill offered the resistance for Cork in the first quarter and he scored a couple of points, either side of diarmuid Murtagh’s first free. But when diarmuid Murtagh scored his second point, a brilliant high curling shot from distance, roscommon took control.
They scored five points in a row with Ciaran Lennon (two), donie Smith and