Fantastic 9 point win by the Roscommon minors over Mayo tonight. Playing with the wind they were 9 points up (2-3 to 0-0) after only eight minutes of play. Sam Hannon had a great first half kicking 7 points. We lost several kickouts at midfield for a while and Mayo got it back to 3 points by half time. (2-8 to 2-5).
The team played very well against the breeze in the second half and kicked another 2-7 to Mayo's 1-4 for a great 9 point win.
Might be unfair to pick out some players, but Sam Hannon, Tadgh Rogers, Christopher Feerick, Dara Curran ( Fantastic goal, but did turn over possession a few times), Cian Timble ( great interceptions from goal) were very prominent. Dean Casey made a major contribution when he came on and Shay McGuinness won some important ball around the middle in the second half. Very mature play by all the team in the second half.
Nearly guaranteed to get directly into the Connacht final.
Well done to all involved.
Best of luck to the senior team tomorrow.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 708 - 04/04/2025 19:54:11    2600581

Outstanding performance from the minors tonight, inspiration leadership from the captain Curran with 2 3 , the 2nd goal was extra special. Sam Hannon kicking some unbelievable points from distance, others to standout on the day were Ferrick with a great 2nd half performance. All round great performance from a team with eyes on the bigger prize. Into the all ireland Quarter Final but are looking to win Connacht. Next up for Roscommon are the winners of Mayo or Galway in the Connacht Final.

imformed (Roscommon) - Posts: 192 - 04/04/2025 20:31:34    2600584

Great performance from our minors this evening. They should have won by alot more tbh. Second half was outstanding. Really good team. Curran was brilliant. Dean casey will do damage

dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1218 - 04/04/2025 20:34:20    2600585

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2350 - 04/04/2025 20:55:52    2600587

Unreal result. Was this a highly tipped minor team? A few lads there with all Ireland colleges medals.

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 33 - 04/04/2025 21:21:59    2600592

Mighty stuff by the U17s got off to flyer 2-3 no score then let Mayo back into. Work rate and team play excellent 2nd half as we won by nine and that didn't flatter us.

Into the Connacht final for 2nd year in a row and hopefully we'll go one better than last year we certainly have the talent to do so and are well coached.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3996 - 04/04/2025 22:01:25    2600597

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 346 - 05/04/2025 10:41:16    2600627

Job done after a wobble 1st half against the wind. 2-26 scored,12 different scorers and winning by 19. I certainly would have taken that before the game.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3996 - 05/04/2025 18:16:06    2600657

Fair play, they had a job to do and they did it. You can't judge too much on that game but great to see so many pitching in with scores and hopefully brings back a bit of confidence to the team. Ben very lively. Tackling still something we need to work on though. Galway will be a completely proposition. A well earned two week break now.

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 33 - 05/04/2025 22:25:59    2600704

Well done lads, got their teeth into it 2nd half and did the job.
Hard to concentrate on the game with the Fleadh Ól all around the place making the match a sideshow.
Now for the real thing in the wind tunnel....

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2189 - 06/04/2025 11:17:39    2600732

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3996 - 06/04/2025 13:41:13    2600756