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Roscommon Hand Donegal First Defeat, Stay in Division 1 Final Race

The result preserves Roscommon’s final bid with Donegal still able to clinch next week.

Overview

  • Roscommon beat Donegal 2-20 to 0-20 at Dr Hyde Park, ending the Ulster champions’ unbeaten league run.
  • Diarmuid Murtagh scored 1-5 and Enda Smith hit 0-6 as the hosts surged to a 1-13 to 0-5 half-time lead.
  • Donegal cut the deficit to a single point before Conor Hand’s late goal ensured a six-point margin.
  • The win keeps Roscommon in contention for the Division 1 final, though a narrow relegation risk still exists depending on other results.
  • Donegal remain in the top two and can secure a place in the final with victory in Monaghan next weekend.