Sligo 1-12 Roscommon 1-11
Sligo knocked reigning champions Roscommon out of the Connacht under-20 Championship on Wednesday evening with a dramatic one-point win in Markievicz Park.
Eoghan Smith claimed the winning score in injury-time as the Yeats men punished a wasteful Roscommon to book a final date against Mayo.
Dessie Sloyan’s side were five points down at one stage in the opening half – Jack Tumulty hit a couple of lovely points early on, before Adam McDermott was on hand to finish to the net after Oisín Cregg’s initial effort was brilliantly saved.
But Lee Duignan’s late first-half penalty – won by captain Jack Lavin – helped bring Sligo level by the break.
Again Liam Tully’s side edged clear in the second half, but Smith pulled Sligo level with a point from a mark as full-time approached, and he confi …
- April 14, 2022
