Kingdom downed

ALL-IRELAND JFC -  Kerry 0-6 Roscommon 0-5: ROSCOMMON MADE it through to the final when they overcame Kerry 0-6 to 0-5 at Cusack…

ALL-IRELAND JFC -  Kerry 0-6 Roscommon 0-5:ROSCOMMON MADE it through to the final when they overcame Kerry 0-6 to 0-5 at Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday evening.

Kerry - amazingly - failed to score in the opening half, shooting 14 wides. Roscommon led by 0-4 to 0-0 at half-time thanks to scores by Brain Higgins, Fintan Cregg, James McKeague and wing back Eamon Towey.

Kerry eventually got on the scoreboard when John Paul Brosnan scored from play in the 40th minute, adding another shortly afterwards. However, Seán Fahy and Cregg soon restored Roscommon's dominance.

In the final, Roscommon will come up against Dublin, who beat Gloucestershire 5-24 to 0-9 in Cardiff on Saturday.

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SCORERS - Roscommon:F Cregg 0-2 (free); S Fahy 0-2; B Higgins, E Towey 0-1 each. Kerry:JP Brosnan 0-2; N Fleming, C Daly, D Doyle 0-1 each.