Details revealed for Roscommon’s Connacht minor football final
Shane Moran and his Roscommon minor footballers are heading for Castlebar next Friday evening. Picture: Gerard O'Loughlin
Details of this year’s Connacht minor football final have been confirmed following Friday evening’s semi-final.
Mayo’s 3-15 to 0-15 victory against Galway means that Shane Moran’s men will travel to Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, Castlebar, next Friday evening to take on the home side at 6.30 p.m..
Roscommon will be looking for their first U-17 crown since 2020 — a game that was played during Storm Bella on St. Stephen’s Day during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mayo defeated Roscommon in last year’s decider at King and Moffatt Dr. Hyde Park.
On Friday evening, despite trailing by 0-8 to 0-3 after 25 minutes, Conor Hession’s accuracy alongside goals from Oran Murphy, Tony Carey and Fiacre O Cinnseala cemented Mayo’s place in the final.
When the sides met in the round robin series in the Hyde, Roscommon enjoyed a comfortable 4-15 to 3-9 victory, but a much closer contest is in the pipeline next Friday evening.
