As expected, Ballintubber proved too strong for Aughawillan in today’s Connacht Club SFC semi-final at Pairc Sean MacDiarmada.

The Mayo champions enjoyed an emphatic 3-11 to 1-8 win over their hosts thanks to second-half goals from substitute Jamsie Finnerty (2) and Alan Plunkett.

The first-half finished with Kevin Johnson’s side ahead by 0-8 to 0-5 but they turned on the style in the second-half.

Finnerty was introduced as a 43rd minute substitute and made an immediate impact when netting his team’s opening goal.

He added a second in the 51st minute and Plunkett got in on the goal scoring act shortly after.

Ciaran Gilheany netted a late consolation three pointer for the home side but it’s Ballintubber who have a provincial final clash with Corofin to look forward to.

Ballintubber - Brendan Walsh; B Murphy, C Hallinan, G Loftus; M Kelly, M Plunkett, D Coleman (0-1); J Gibbons, D O’Connor; C Gavin, A Plunkett (1-3), Brian Walsh (0-1); S O’Malley, C O’Connor (0-6f), A Dillon. Subs: J Geraghty for G Loftus, J Finnerty (2-0) for S O’Malley, P O’Connor for C O’Connor, D Larkin for M Kelly, J Kerrigan for D Coleman, N Geraghty for A Dillon.

Aughawillan - C Maguire; D McGovern, F McTague, Michael Quinn; S Quinn, R McTague, B Prior; P Dolan (0-1), M Plunkett (0-1); S Gilheany, G Plunkett (0-5, 2f), Morgan Quinn; N Beirne, N Plunkett, C Gilheany (1-1). Subs: S Flanagan for S Gilheany, G McGovern for N Beirne, C Prior for S Quinn, F Quinn for R McTague.

Referee - J Molloy.

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