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E-mailNY GAA: Match reports from the weekend
The second quarterfinal of the intermediate championship (Offaly beat Kerry in the first last week) was far closer than Roscommon would have liked it to be.
It was of their own doing, however, as they allowed Armagh to stay close with wayward shooting in the first half. Armagh made them pay with dogged determination that kept the game close; in fact they led at the break.
In the end, however, Michael Travers had an inspired second half where he led his side to victory.
Armagh opened brightly with two points in the first five minutes from Alan Hearty, the first a free when James Moynagh was fouled, the second when he linked with the same player on a short free and drove high over. Roscommon had a perfect answer, however, to the early misfortune. A long ball into Jayson O’Callaghan was grabbed by the player and he headed for goal.
He was certainly fouled in the large box with the ref deciding that the indiscretion warranted a penalty. Senan O’Grady slotted low to the net for their first score.
They had a sustained period of dominance following this with which they put a further two points on the board. They should have had more though, as they had five wides in the same period. Travers, O’Grady and Liam O’Sullivan from frees were all guilty.
Armagh took the mercy and stormed out from it. They started the resurgence with an excellent if a little lucky Moynagh point from wide off the left of the end of the boot. He chipped over a free when Lyons was fouled moments later.
The tails were up now, with Lyons and Sean Kelly adding further points to their total to now give them 0-06 to 1-2 lead.
When Garth Kelly stormed forward with three minutes left in the half, he had goal on his mind. He crashed a laser of the crossbar before Lyons grabbed the rebound and chipped over.
O’Sullivan had a Roscommon point after the kick out, their first in 14 minutes, but it brought back the deficit to one as the half arrived.
Armagh continued their good form to open the second half with two points from Kevin McGeeney and Lyons in the first two minutes. It awoke a sleeping monster, however, as Roscommon in a game that had waves had their best of the afternoon.
Six points unanswered from Travers (three) O’Sullivan (two) and O’Grady gave them a one-goal advantage with 10 minutes gone. But for an excellent save by Donal Hearty on O’Grady it could have been more.
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