Galway opened their title defence with a 0-13 to 0-10 victory over Sligo at Enniscrone.

On a day when Johnny Duane, Fiontan O'Curraoin, and Sean Armstrong all returned to inter-county duty, the Tribesmen trailed by 0-4 to 0-6 at half-time, but finished the stronger as late points from Eddie Hoare and Barry McHugh gave them the win.

Roscommon manager Kevin McStay and selector Liam McHale.
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A hat-trick from debutant Andy Glennon inspired Roscommon to a 6-21 to 0-14 victory over IT Sligo in Boyle. Diarmuid Murtagh, Ciaran Murtagh and Shane Killoran also raised green flags for Kevin McStay's charges, who led by 2-16 to 0-3 at half-time. 

Meanwhile, Brendan Guckian's reign as Leitrim manager began with a 5-20 to 2-10 drubbing of GMIT in Mohill with Emlyn Mulligan, Damien Moran, Nevin O'Donnell and Cillian Canning scoring the goals for the Ridge County.

Galway - R Lavelle; L Burke, D Walsh, J Duane (0-1); P Varley, G Bradshaw, S Kelly (0-1); M Day, F O Curraoin (0-1); J Heaney, T Flynn (0-1), P Cooke; P Mannion, B McHugh (0-7, 4f), S Armstrong. Subs: D Wynne (0-1) for P Cooke, G O'Donnell for J Heaney, J Heaney for S Armstrong, E Hoare (0-1) for P Mannion.

Sligo - A Devaney; E McHugh, L Nicholson, N Gaughan; Keelan Cawley, N Ewing, J Hynes; R Donovan, A McIntyre; J Kelly (0-1), M Breheny (0-3f), C Davey; P O'Connor (0-3), A Marren (0-2), Kyle Cawley (0-1). Subs: F Ruddy for A Devaney, D Cummins for J Hynes, S Gilmartin for J Kelly, S Power for C Davey.

Referee - L Devenney.

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Roscommon - D O'Malley; D Murray, S Mullooly, R Stack (0-1); G Patterson, U Harney (0-1), P Brogan; T O'Rourke, C Shine (0-1); S Killoran (1-2), C Murtagh (1-6, 0-2f), E Smith; D Murtagh (1-2, 1-0pen, 0-1f), D Smith (0-4), A Glennon (3-1). Subs: B Murtagh for S Mullooly, C Devaney (0-1) for C Murtagh, T Featherston for D Murray, K Kilcline (0-2) for E Smith.

IT Sligo - D Cafferky; D McConnon, P Neilan, A Dunne; R Gorman (0-1), E McGrath (0-1), C Surlis; R Connolly (0-1), D Curran; A McClean, K McBrearty, K Rudden; C McGettigan (0-2), J Shaughnessy (0-5f), C Reape (0-3, 2'45). Subs: R Gallagher for D Curran, C Byrne for K Rudden, A Wharton (0-1) for C Reape.

Referee - J Henry.

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Leitrim - P Farrelly; F Carney, A Armstrong, N Plunkett; J Rooney (0-2), W McKeon (0-1), R Gallagher (0-1); D Wrynn, S Moran; C Gallagher (0-1), E Mulligan (1-4, 0-1f), C Canning (1-0); N O'Donnell (1-3, 0-1f), D Moran (1-1), B Gallagher (0-3). Subs: K Beirne (0-3) for F Carney, G Plunkett (0-1) for S Moran, M Murphy for D Wrynn, C Reynolds for J Rooney, J Heslin for N O'Donnell. C Nolan (1-0og).

GMIT - C Nolan; J Oates, J Kinahan, A Commins; C Reilly, J Downes, J Kelly; A Moran, D Brennan (0-2f); J Reilly (1-0), E Brannigan, C Donohue (1-1f); M Shaughnessy, J Donnellan (0-4, 2f), J Coen (0-1). Subs: K Mannion for J Oates, C Donnellan (0-1) for D Brennan, B Raftery for C Reilly, L Creaton (0-1) for J Coen, A Langan for C Nolan, M Prior for E Brannigan.

Referee - B Healy.

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