Allianz Football League Division One<\/p>\n
Roscommon 2-16 Galway 0-21<\/p>\n
By Cian O’Connell at Pearse Stadium<\/p>\n
This was a stirring Roscommon comeback on a wild night in the west.<\/p>\n
Trailing by 13 points early in the second half, Mark Dowd’s rapidly improving team thundered back into the contest. Goals from Enda Smith and Daire Cregg were part of a dramatic Roscommon recovery mission.<\/p>\n
In the opening period Roscommon appeared to be in deep distress, but they persevered.<\/p>\n
Cregg, a potent threat throughout, and Diarmuid Murtagh landed important scores as Roscommon finished with a real flourish.<\/p>\n
Galway, so dominant earlier in the game, only managed to register a single point in the closing 23 minutes of the match. At the opposite end of the field Roscommon posted 2-8.<\/p>\n
These really are encouraging times for Roscommon, who’ve stitched a three game winning sequence together.<\/p>\n
Backed by the elements, Galway controlled the second quarter, repeatedly winning possession in the middle third before driving forward with a real sense of purpose.<\/p>\n
Initially, Galway missed three two point efforts, but as the half wore on, the locals efficiency improved considerably in this department.<\/p>\n
Matthew Tierney and Liam \u00d3 Conghaile (2) nailed sweet efforts from distance for Padraic Joyce’s outfit.<\/p>\n
By the time the interval rolled around, Galway, with Se\u00e1n Kelly influential, had edged 0-16 to 0-5 ahead.<\/p>\n
That advantage was stretched after the restart as Se\u00e1n Kelly, Finnerty, \u00d3 Conghaile, and Dylan McHugh raised white flags ensuring Galway led 0-20 to 0-8 in the 47th minute.<\/p>\n
The rest of the match was about Roscommon’s drive and desire. Enda Smith’s blistering run culminated in a 48th minute goal that injected the visitors with a drop of belief.<\/p>\n
Cregg added a point before Murtagh struck a two pointer on 53. Cregg (free), Aaron Brady (45), and Dylan Ruane (two pointer) subsequently narrowed the gap down to two.<\/p>\n
Roscommon were enjoying a productive spell with Cregg supplying a 65th minute goal. Suddenly, Roscommon were in front by the minimum.<\/p>\n
Kelly restored parity, but Roscommon ploughed on defiantly. Substitute Ciaran Lennon struck the decisive point.<\/p>\n
Galway had one last gasp opportunity, but Ois\u00edn MacDonnacha’s goal effort was smartly saved by Brady. A pumped up Roscommon left Salthill armed with the full complement of spoils.<\/p>\n
Scorers for Roscommon: Daire Cregg 1-7 (2fs), Diarmuid Murtagh 0-5 (1 2pt, 1f), Enda Smith 1-0, Dylan Ruane 0-2 (2pt), Ciaran Lennon and Aaron Brady (45) 0-1 each.<\/p>\n
Scorers for Galway: Liam \u00d3 Conghaile 0-6 (2 2pts), Rob Finnerty 0-4, Se\u00e1n Kelly and Matthew Tierney (1 2pt) 0-3 each, John Maher and Shane McGrath 0-2 each, Dylan McHugh 0-1.<\/p>\n
Roscommon: Aaron Brady; Niall Higgins, Caelim Keogh, Paddy Gavin; Senan Lambe, Ronan Daly, Eoin Ward; Keith Doyle, Conor Ryan; Dylan Ruane, Enda Smith, Darragh Heneghan; Diarmuid Murtagh, Daire Cregg, Robert Heneghan.<\/p>\n
Subs: Paul Carey for D Heneghan (4), Colm Neary for Doyle (45), Eoin Colleran for R Heneghan (45), Ciaran Lennon for Carey (53), Jack Duggan for Ryan (58).<\/p>\n
Galway: Eamon McGrath; Jack Glynn, Johnny McGrath, Se\u00e1n Fitzgerald; Dylan McHugh, Cian Hernon, Se\u00e1n Kelly; John Maher, Matthew Tierney; Shane McGrath, Ryan Roche, C\u00e9in D’Arcy; Rob Finnerty, Fionn McDonagh, Liam \u00d3 Conghaile.<\/p>\n
Subs: Daniel O’Flaherty for Roche (25), Charlie Power for \u00d3 McDonagh (46), Kieran Molloy for McHugh (54), Paul Conroy for D’Arcy (58), Ois\u00edn MacDonnacha for \u00d3 Conghaile (65).<\/p>\n
Referee: David Coldrick (Meath).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allianz Football League Division One Roscommon 2-16 Galway 0-21 By Cian O’Connell at Pearse Stadium This was a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-310777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}