An injury-time goal from Ryan O'Rourke sealed a dramatic 3-12 to 2-11 victory for Leitrim against London, and a place in the Connacht SFC semi-final against Mayo or Galway on 8 May.

Andy Moran's side were never headed throughout at Ruislip today after getting off to the perfect start when corner forward O'Rourke, scorer of 2-2, dispatched a penalty to the London net to give them a 1-2 to 0-0 lead on 12 minutes.

But with Chris Farley on song from frees, the hosts battled back to trail by a single point, 1-6 to 0-8, at the interval.

A second Leitrim goal by Jack Heslin - who had just come as a substitute - pushed them eight points clear with 14 minutes remaining but they still had to endure a nervous finish.

Michael Maher's charges refused to wilt and two goals of their own from Sean Hickey and Feargal McMahon followed by a James Hynes point brought it back to the minimum.

London went in search of an equaliser but it never came their way as Leitrim saw out six minutes of additional time with 14 men following a late black card for Evan Sweeney before O'Rourke's second green flag made sure of the Ridge County's progression to the last four.

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