Roscommon booked their place in this year’s Connacht U20 FC final thanks to a three-point semi-final win over Sligo at Markievicz Park today.

The Rossies came away with a 1-11 to 1-8 victory under their belts and now await the winners of the second semi-final between Leitrim and Galway which was postponed today due to the adverse weather conditions.

Adam McDermott and Sligo’s Red Og Murphy (penalty) traded goals during a first-half which finished with the visitors ahead by 1-6 to 1-1.

The Yeats County finished strongly with a late rally but had left themselves with too big a gap to bridge.

Roscommon - M O'Donnell; P Frost, C Walsh, D Gaughan; C Murray (0-1), N Higgins, P McGrath; K Doyle (0-1), C Lawless (0-2'45); R Fallon, P McManus, P Carey (0-2, 1f); A McDermott (1-1, 0-1f), D Walsh (0-1), P Gillooly (0-2f). Subs: R Dolan for C Murray, A Lyons (0-1m) for A McDermott, J Martin for D Gaughan, D Sumner for K Doyle, C Sugrue for P Gillooly.

Sligo - D Lyons; K O'Hara, E Lyons, J Lavin; S Carroll, C Surlis, E Sweeney; J Keaney, G Gorman; S Deignan, E Smith (0-1), C Murray (0-2); B Cafferky, R Og Murphy (1-2, 1-0pen, 0-2f), A Reilly (0-1). Subs: J Carroll for B Cafferky, G Duffy (0-2, 1m) for A Reilly, O McCann for K O'Hara, N Murphy for S Carroll.

Referee- T Murphy.

Man of the Match in today’s Connacht U20 Semi Final is @RoscommonGAA wing forward Ruairi Fallon from @StBrigidsRos #ConnachtGAA pic.twitter.com/1DWwaPqni1

— Connacht GAA (@ConnachtGAA) February 15, 2020

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