U21 Connacht Championship - Roscommon 2-09 : Mayo 1-11
17 March 2010 - Mayo's 4 year reign as kingpins of Connacht U21 football came to an end in Hyde Park as Roscommon edged us out with a late injury time point. Mayo might have been slight favourites but on the day Roscommon probably displayed more motivation and determination ... and deserved the win...
Final Score
Mayo 1-11 : Roscommon 2-09 - 1 p win for Ros
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Hyde Park , 4.00 pm - Breeze blowing, small crowd (600-700)
8 mins gone - points for Freeman from play and Douglas free leaves us 2-1 up
15 mins gone - Douglas has added one from play (3-1). Mayo on top in a sluggish game.
20 mins gone - still 3-1. Ros have hit 3 wides from frees in a row.
25 mins - Ros have added 2 frees so (3-3) and they have 7 wides. Dire stuff , Mayo struggling in midfield.
Just before half time Ros score goal (Kilroy) - Douglas has added 2 point for Mayo (0-05 : 1-03), Douglas has scored 4 of our 5 points, 2 from frees
2nd half - Ros add 2 quick points after the restart (0-5 : 1-05)
37 mins(e) - Jason Dohert points for Mayo (0-06 : 1-05)
39 mins gone - O'Hara of Ros sent off, Douglas point (0-07 : 1-05)
Mayo subs Geraghty for Carolan, Rodgers for Prendergast
43 mins gone - level after Nally point (0-08 : 1-05)
46 mins - Scores flying in now - Ros score a goal, Freeman gets a quick GOAL in reply at the other end and Douglas add a spectacular free - Mayo 1-09 : Roscommon 2-05
56 mins - 1-10 : 2-07 - Douglas has scored his 7th point
Coming up to end of normal tome and Ros kick 1 ahead (1-10 : 2-08)
4 mins of injury time - Mayo 1 behind
RESULT - Mayo 1-11 : Roscommon 2-09 - 1 point win for Ros. Ros also kicked 11 wides v 7 for Mayo. Hard to lose by 1 in a game that swung both ways throughout but when all analysis is done we probably can't complain as our advantage against a 14 man Ros wasn't capitalised on. Roscommon, on balance, probably showed the desire and determination a bit more than Mayo today and deserved the win.
That's it unfortunately - end of the road for Mayo U21 this year.
| Mayo U21 Team v Roscommon | |||||
| Robert Hennelly | |||||
| Pat Mulchrone | Shane McHale | Michael Gallagher | |||
| Lee Keegan | Eoghan Reilly | Sean Prendergast | |||
| Shane Nally | Ger McDonagh | ||||
| Cathal Carolan | Kevin McLoughlin | Jason Doherty | |||
| Neill Douglas | Aidan O'Shea | Alan Freeman | |||