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Evan Tully pictured in action for Longford against Leitrim in the Lory Meagher Cup Round 3 game at Shane McGettigan Park, Drumshanbo on Sunday
Longford made it two consecutive wins in the Lory Meagher Cup with a crucial four-point victory over Leitrim in Shane McGettigan Park in Drumshanbo on Sunday, a result that keeps their hopes of making the Croke Park Final for a second successive year very much alive, while at the same time all but extinguishing Leitrim’s title ambitions.
Longford . . . 0-12 Leitrim . . . 0-8
Cathal Mullane was the top scorer for the visitors with six points, David Buckley fired over three points, Paddy Lynam registered two points, while Reuben Murray got Longford’s other score.
Despite this crucial win, Longford still have room for improvement as they registered fifteen wides over the course of the match and their conversion rate was just forty percent, scoring from just twelve of their thirty shots.
Also, Longford only won forty-two percent of their own puck-outs, so those areas need to be rectified ahead of the crunch home game against Cavan in two weeks’ time.
LEITRIM: Cunniffe, Enda Moreton, Fitzgibbon, Lenehan, Sean Goldrick, Feeney, McGovern, Keane, O’Hagan (0-1), Markham (0-1), Murray (0-6, 6f), Clerkin, McNabola, Beirne, Colm Moreton.
Subs:- Dervan for Markham (55 mins), Brian Goldrick for Clerkin (55 mins), Michael O’Brien for Keane (65 mins).
LONGFORD: Burke, Cox, Allen, Karl Murray, Tully, Casey, Crossan, Flynn, Lynam (0-2, 1f), Quinn, Mullane (0-6, 5f), Reuben Murray (0-1), Browne, Sheahan, Buckley (0-3).
Subs:- Mulhern for Sheahan (35 mins), Maher for Browne (half-time).
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