Sligo 2 – 15
Leitrim 0 – 10
KYLE CAWLEY’S 46th minute goal put this all-Connacht SFC qualifier result beyond all doubt, but from start to finish Sligo looked a cut above in front of 4,227 people at Markievicz Park.
Sligo produced the brighter start to lead by three points to a single Emlyn Mulligan free before Niall Murphy clicked into gear in the ninth minute, stringing together three points in seven minutes to help his team lead throughout the first half.
Mark Breheny and Adrian Marren kept the scoreboard ticking upwards both from play and frees as Leitrim were restricted to just four scores in the first half and they trailed by eight points, 0 – 4 to 0 – 12, at the interval.
James Hynes kick-started the second period with Sligo’s 13th point of the day. And although Mulligan’s boot kept pace with the hosts for the first 10 minutes of the second half, Sligo took their chance when Cawley pounced to raise a green flag.
Leitrim grabbed three of the next four scores, two from Nevin O’Donnell and Ronan Kennedy came close to hitting the net, but an excellent save from Aidan Devaney ensured there would be no late comeback to deny Sligo.
Quite the opposite, despite only scoring three points in the second half, they ended up winning by 11 points as Darragh Cummins struck their second goal deep in injury time.
Scorers
Sligo: Niall Murphy (0 – 5), Mark Breheny ( 0 – 4 (0 – 2f)), Adrian Marren (0 -3 (0 -1f, 0 -1 ’45′)), Kyle Cawley, Darragh Cummins (1 – 0 each) Brian Egan, James Hynes, Kevin McDonald (0 – 1 each).
Leitrim: Emlyn Mulligan (0 – 4, (0 – 4 f)), Nevin O’Donnell (0 – 2), Conor Gaffney, Donal Wrynn, Darren Sweeney and Ronan Kennedy (0 – 1 each)
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