If Roscommon have made genuine progress this season, then Saturday’s championship game against Monaghan is the sort of contest they should be winning.

Following the exit of U-20 and minor footballers from their respective All-Ireland championships, the county senior footballers need to stop the rot.

The Roscommon All-Star picked up the injury in training

Mark Dowd has made two changes to his starting 15 for the big game against Monaghan

A look at three main factors that could decide the Rossies’ fate in this year’s championship when they rock up to Clones on Saturday afternoon.

The May awards celebrated the country’s top performers across the provincial championships and the opening rounds of the 2026 All-Ireland championships.

The Roscommon minor manager expressed his disappoinment with his team's off-colour performance against Derry

He refereed last year's All-Ireland SFC semi-final

The pathway is still there for Roscommon. They just have to walk it.

Shane Moran's side were second best for much of Saturday evening's All-Ireland quarter-final against Derry

One of Shane Moran's key players will be missing for the game against Derry

But Galway are lurking in the long grass, and are a good outside bet

A round-up of the weekly news from GAA clubs across County Roscommon

The Connacht champions will face a stern examination of their credentials against the beaten Ulster finalists on Saturday evening

Gifts brought to the alar included a sliotar and a GAA football, symbolising his first sporting love

He made a huge impact against Mayo before retiring injured

Roscommon senior football captain, Diarmuid Murtagh, shares his thoughts ahead of crunch Monaghan game.

Fixtures were Rounds 2A and 2B were confirmed on Wednesday afternoon

It had been destroyed by Storm Éowyn in January 2025

Mark Dowd's side found out their opponents for Round 2B in Tuesday morning's draw

He was an accomplished hurler and footballer

It has also been a weekend to remember for a County Roscommon hurling referee who was on duty in Croke Park.

Guzman Ruiz only took up playing Gaelic football earlier this year

Shane Moran's men know what's ahead of them after Friday evening's Ulster final

Every time you give the ball away against a team like Tyrone, you get punished.

The investment paves the way for the development of a world-class sporting and community facility

It is the council's highest honour

In his debut season, Darragh Heneghan has scored five goals so far

All the signs continue to point towards Roscommon working hard and improving, despite Sunday's defeat against Tyrone

He was laid to rest today

A late free from Ethan Jordan handed the visitors a narrow victory

A victory on Sunday will prove that Roscommon can handle rising expectations

There are no major surprises in the Roscommon starting 15, but there is one change among the substitutes.

There's mixed news on the injury front for the Red Hand County

Former Roscommon footballer Donie Smith warns that a Tyrone team with a chip on their shoulder makes them the most dangerous opposition Roscommon could face on Sunday…

Former Tyrone goalkeeper Pascal McConnell feels that Roscommon are favourites for Sunday’s showdown in the Hyde, but acknowledges that a written-off Tyrone “seem to come up trumps somewhere along the line”. 

There was enough in Tyrone's display against Armagh to suggest that they could catch form yet this year.

Roscommon's only hope of surviving relegation rests on New York winning the Nickey Rackard Cup

Mark Dowd and his players have taken the idea of obligations and morality, and turned them into strengths on the football pitch.

Brian Hanley's men must defeat Wicklow to be guaranteed Christy Ring Cup hurling next season

Darragh Heneghan announced his arrival on the national stage against Mayo, but Galway didn't take enough notice

"At the end of the day, we’re all volunteers. We all have day jobs, we have to take half days," highlighted the Roscommon manager

The former Mayo defender described Daire Cregg's superb two-pointer as the decisive score of a "thrilling" Connacht final