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Roscommon 0-25 Kilkenny 0-01

Roscommon 0-19 Kilkenny 0-00.

from bad to worse for kilkenny. Their wing back was sent off.

One solace is that they didn't concede a walkover beforehand - Fingal hurlers & Longford ladies did this w/end.

Agreed!

Roscommon 0-19 Kilkenny 0-00.

from bad to worse for kilkenny. Their wing back was sent off.

[Mayo]

Mayo v Down (down + 0.5)          BONUS
Armagh v Dublin (Armagh + 0.5)
Laois v Meath (Laois +1.5)
Donegal v Sligo (Sligo +1.5)
Monaghan v Galway (Monaghan +0.5)
Kerry v Cork (Kerry +0.5)
Antrim v Kildare (Antrim +1.5)
Derry v Tyrone (Derry +1.5)
Offaly v Cavan (Cavan+2.5)            BONUS
Wexford v Waterford (Waterford +3.5)
Louth v Westmeath (Westmeath +1.5)
Tipperary v Limerick (Limerick +0.5)
London V Kilkenny (Kilkenny +19.5)
Leitrim v Clare (Leitrim +1.5)
Longford v Roscommon (roscommon +1.5)
Carlow v Wicklow (Carlow +3.5)

A rolling ball can be picked directly off the ground

Cake Curran got 1-1 for the Rossies a few years ago.

Correct

It was in a championship replay against Sligo. The point came from a 45 and it was right out near the sideline. An amazing score. The goal was a penalty. It wasnt the first penalty Cake had scored though. There was the one he scored as a minor which provides quite a humourous story:

Memories came flooding back for the man at the centre of one of the last great GAA controversies that resulted, eventually, in a replay.

Shane Curran was only 18-years-old when he drove a penalty to the Galway net to give Roscommon a two-point win in the dying embers of the 1989 Connacht minor final.

The problem with goalkeeper Curran's kick was that he wasn't the player who had placed the ball and that was deemed illegal.

As the referee had indicated it was the last kick of the game, Roscommon celebrated as Galway players and management surrounded the official behind the goals at McHale Park in Castlebar.

"He had told us it was the last kick," recalled Curran. "Peadar Glennon was our free-taker, but because I had missed an earlier penalty he was delegated to take the kick. He placed it but I ran in and kicked it."

At 6.0 that evening, Connacht Council officials, who had earlier presented Roscommon's captain Sean Staunton with the cup, reclaimed it on the basis that the referee was not allowing the goal and hadn't the time or the space in the ensuing madness to pronounce that. His report would reflect that.

Galway were given the trophy and for days the controversy rumbled until, finally, a meeting of the Galway Football Board concluded with the offer of a replay.

The following Sunday, Curran converted an early penalty on Roscommon's way to an extra-time win that required a dramatic injury-time goal. "The memories did come back when I saw the Leinster final on Sunday," he recalled.

"The referee hadn't a chance to make his point but the Connacht officials went ahead and awarded the cup to our captain, Sean Staunton. They took it back off us later that evening," said Curran. "In the end, common sense prevailed."

Curran now believes Meath should, as Galway did, offer a replay because it would be the "fairest thing" to do.

"The best thing would be to nail it and allow for a replay," he said.

Interesting also, Curran is the man behind the Puntee kicking tee which most keepers use today.

Meath V Kildare
Kerry V Down
Tyrone V Dublin
Roscommon V Cork

louth were robbed but the actions of a minority of the louth fans at the end were an absolute disgrace.

No matter how bad a referee is, it is not acceptable for a hand to be layed on him under any circumstances.

Feel sorry for the louth team.

I think even meath fans will agree that they didnt deserve to win base on the second half

The co-commentator on shannonside is hilarious.

Freeman on fire now.

Vaughan bad wide

sides level

injury time now

RIP to an absolute legend

Dublin 2-07 Roscommon 0-06

Dubs seem to have taken control since the sending off.

Dublin down to 14.
Ros kicking this away with missed goal chance and wides.

Dublin 2-03 Roscommon 0-05

Dublin 2-03 Roscommon 0-04  HT


Donegal 0-03 Tipperary 0-01  HT

[Also annoying the way the roscommon manager and selectors ran out on the pitch telling their players to lie down after the goal.]

Frustrated and sick.
This was another great chance, it was there for the taking.
We lost it on the line.
A brutal game of football to watch.
Also annoying the way the roscommon manager and selectors ran out on the pitch telling their players to lie down after the goal.

Disgraceful if true. Can anyone else confirm?

Yes did this happen. But to be honest, it happens in most games these days which is unfortunate. I suppose its up to the referee to add on the time which in this case he didnt with only 3 minutes injury time. Also, alot of the Ros supporters were annoyed by the time taken by the Sligo keeper with his kickouts in the first half when Ros were playin with a strong wind advantage but these things happen.

On the game itself, it was extremely poor quality full of errors.
Still though a win is a win.

Poor stuff today. Looks like division 4 for next year but we'll keep the faith.

Well done Cavan by the way.
That was some display