Kevin McStay is confident that Roscommon can clinch promotion straight back to Division 1 with victory over Cork in the last round of the Allianz Football League.

The Rossies are in pole position after producing a late surge to defeat promotion rivals Cavan yesterday.

"We're in a strong position now if we don't get ahead of ourselves," the Roscommon manager told RTE.

"I don't have a sense that we will. If we can get back to Division 1 that would be the icing on the cake."

McStay was delighted with the attitude shown by his players: "It was a terrific game that ebbed and flowed. One minute we looked like we were going to win, the next minute we looked like we were going to lose it.

"There was brilliant body language in the last quarter even when we were behind by one or two, nobody was hiding, everybody was looking for the ball and taking on the responsibility to get the two points and put us top of the division, albeit on the head-to-head.

Overall, it was a brilliant effort in the final quarter against the wind on a bitterly cold day. We could have walked away from it but we didn't.

"We'll take it and see what next week offers."

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