IT’S THE showdown in the third tier of the Allianz football league finals weekend as Cavan and Roscommon face off.
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Result: Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-18
CAVAN: Conor Gilsenan (Bailieborough); Joshua Hayes (Cootehill), Rory Dunne (Redhills), Feargal Flanagan (Butlersbridge); James McEnroe (Ramor United), Alan Clarke (Kingscourt), Damien O’Reilly (Belturbet); Gearoid McKiernan (Swanlinbar), Killian Brady (Mullahoran); Cian Mackey (Castlerahan), Niall McDermott (Ballinagh), Martin Reilly (Killygarry); Jack Brady (Ramor United), Martin Dunne (Cavan Gaels), Eugene Keating (St Sylvester’s).
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We’re set to go here for this Division 3 league decider.
Cavan 0-1 Roscommon 0-0: 2 mins – Super point by Cavan midfielder Gearoid McKiernan off his right as he surged forward and scored in style.
Cavan 0-2 Roscommon 0-0: 3 mins – Now Cavan have doubled their lead through Niall McDermott.
Penalty for Cavan after a foul on Gearoid McKiernan by Cathal Cregg.
And Roscommon goalkeeper Darren O’Malley tips the low shot out for a ’45!
Cavan 0-3 Roscommon 0-0: 7 mins – Martin Reilly is on target for Cavan from the resultant ’45.
Cavan 0-4 Roscommon 0-0: 8 mins – Fine point by Niall McDermott for Cavan.
Cavan 0-4 Roscommon 0-1: 9 mins – First point of the day for Roscommon comes from the boot of Niall Daly after Donie Shine switched the play out to him on the right wing.
Cavan 0-5 Roscommon 0-1: 12 mins – Good interplay between Eugene Keating and Dunne culminates in Dunne clipping over a point.
Cavan 0-6 Roscommon 0-2: 14 mins – Cavan in fine form here early on with James McEnroe notching a nice point but David O’Gara cancels it out with a score for Roscommon.
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-2: 15 mins – Gearoid McKiernan with a super point for Cavan off his left.
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-4: 23 mins – Better from Roscommon as Donie Shine converts a ’45 and then adds a point from a free.
Cavan 0-7 Roscommon 0-5: 25 mins – Senan Kilbride does wonderfully to field a wayward shot by Cathal Cregg, who was admittedly fouled while kicking, and then the St Brigid’s man fends off the Cavan defence to swing over a point.
Substitute: Cavan bring in Killian Clarke for Killian Brady.
Cavan 0-9 Roscommon 0-5: 31 mins – Now a four-point lead for Cavan as Keating converts a free and then Dunne raises a white flag after good play by Cian Mackey.
Goal for Roscommon!
Cavan 0-9 Roscommon 1-5: 33 mins – Did David Keenan mean that? He’s just produced a barnstorming run through the Cavan rearguard after coming up from defence for Roscommon and finished it off with an audacious chip to the net.
Substitute: Ronan Stack is on for Roscommon for Darragh Donnelly.
Half-Time: Cavan 0-9 Roscommon 1-5
We’re back out for the second-half action here.
Roscommon 1-7 Cavan 0-10: 37 mins – Lightning start to the second-half here with Senan Kilbride firing over a pair of brilliant points for Roscommon – one from play and one from a free – before Cian Mackey cancelled that out with a point for Cavan.
Cavan 0-11 Roscommon 1-7: 40 mins – Cracking point by Niall McDermott for Cavan off his right after a quick one-two with Martin Reilly.
Cavan 0-11 Roscommon 1-8: 42 mins – We’re all level now after Shine booms over a belter from distance for Roscommon.
It’s really tightly contested here at the moment, little between this pair.
Cavan 0-12 Roscommon 1-9: 43 mins – Feargal Flanagan moves froward from his corner-back role for Cavan and picks off quite a lovely point. But that’s cancelled out as Roscommon go downfield with Ciaran Murtagh fouled and Kilbride slots the free.
Roscommon 1-11 Cavan 0-12: 46 mins – Donal Shine kicks over two frees to edge Roscommon ahead.
Roscommon 1-11 Cavan 0-13: 48 mins – Back to the minimum now separating the teams with Martin Reilly pointing.
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-13: 49 mins – Shine again on the mark with a pointed free for Roscommon.
Substitute: Cavan are bringing in Michael Argue for McEnroe.
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-14: 53 mins – Keating cuts Roscommon’s lead to a point.
Substitute: Michael Lyng in for Cavan for Jack Brady.
Roscommon 1-12 Cavan 0-15: 57 mins – We’re level now thanks to a sublime score by Cian Mackey for Cavan.
Few bad wides for Cavan as they spurn chances to go ahead.
Substitute: Colin Compton is on for Roscommon for Murtagh.
Substitute: Now Michael Finneran is on for Roscommon for David O’Gara.
Roscommon 1-13 Cavan 0-15: 62 mins – Sustained Cavan pressure yields no score but plenty of wides. Roscommon go downfield and force a turnover to win a free which Kilbride nails.
Roscommon 1-14 Cavan 0-15: 63 mins – Second point of the day for Niall Daly as he fires over for Roscommon.
Substitutes: Robert Maloney-Derham is on for Cavan for Alan Clarke while the injured Donie Shine comes off for Roscommon to be replaced by Finbarr Cregg.
Roscommon 1-14 Cavan 0-16: 66 mins – Patient Cavan move is rounded off by Martin Reilly floating over a fine score off his left.
Roscommon 1-15 Cavan 0-16: 67 mins – Roscommon work the ball well around the middle and Kevin Higgins knifes through the heart of the Cavan rearguard to point.
Roscommon 1-15 Cavan 0-17: 68 mins – Cavan hit back through Martin Dunne to point.
Substitute: David Givney and Kevin Tierney are on for Cavan for Michael Lyng and Eugene Keating.
Roscommon 1-16 Cavan 0-17: 69 mins – Finbarr Cregg punches over a point for Roscommon.
Substitute: Craig Burns is on for Roscommon for Higgins.
Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-17: 71 mins – Colin Compton with a brilliant point for Roscommon.
Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-18: 72 mins – Late Cavan point from McDermott.
Full-Time: Roscommon 1-17 Cavan 0-18
