GAME ON…

Pass it to…Conor!

When did Roscommon last start a major game with four players with the same first name? (Okay, the previous Sunday). Last Sunday – as against Tyrone in round one – the Rossies had three Conors in defence, and one in attack…‘namely’ Conor Carroll, Conor Daly, Conor Hussey and Conor Cox.

From Irish Echo…

PJ Cunningham in the Irish Echo, based in Manhattan in the United States, reported: “You’d have got big odds on the Rossies leading the top division of the National Football League after two rounds of games but that is precisely where Dave Burke’s side are sitting following impressive wins at home to Tyrone and on Sunday away to Galway in Pearse Stadium. And it was no fluke as they finished like a train to score the final five points of the game to pip last year’s beaten All-Ireland finalists in their own backyard”.

Starring sub…

Interestingly, Seamus Duke, covering Sunday’s big game for the Roscommon People, selected Ben O’Carroll as his man of the match…even though the fleet-footed forward only entered the fray on 47 minutes (as a sub).

That’s quite a reflection on the impact made by O’Carroll, who had the Galway defence on edge from the moment he arrived. O’Carroll scored a super point with his very first ‘possession’ – and added a second point during his influential contribution as Roscommon stormed over the line.

How The42 saw it…

Covering the game for popular website The42. ie, John Fallon wrote: “Davy Burke’s reign as Roscommon manager continued its perfect start to the Allianz League when Richard Hughes kicked a dramatic winner four minutes into stoppage time at Pearse Stadium.

“It completed a dramatic comeback for Roscommon who held the All-Ireland finalists scoreless for the closing quarter as they came from four points adrift to shoot five without reply and back up their opening-round win over Tyrone”.

Stat Attack

Wides: Roscommon 8 (3, first half); Galway 2 (1, first half)

Red cards: 0

Black cards: 0

Yellow cards: Roscommon 3 (Conor Daly, Eoin McCormack, Diarmuid Murtagh); Galway 1 (Paul Conroy)

Attendance: Approx. 7,500

Man of the Match: Ben O’Carroll (Roscommon)