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2024 Allianz Football League Division 4 – Leitrim 0-15 Tipperary 0-9

Name: 2024 Allianz Football League Division 4 – Leitrim 0-15 Tipperary 0-9
Start: 2024-03-24T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-03-24T15:00:00+00:00
Location: Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada

March 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Leitrim defeated Tipperary by 0-15 to 0-9 in Round 7 of the Allianz Football League Division 4 on Sunday March 24th at Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada.

Leitrim seal promotion to Division 3 with victory over Tipperary https://t.co/Yn30izOUUz

— Irish Examiner Sport (@ExaminerSport) March 24, 2024

Leitrim seal promotion to Division 3 with victory over Tipperary

AFL Division 4: Leitrim 0-15 Tipperary 0-9

Report by PJ Leddy for the Irish Examiner newspaper

A top rate second half performance by Ryan O’Rourke at Carrick-on-Shannon was key to Leitrim gaining promotion to Division 3 after they defeated a brave Tipp side who only trailed by the minimum margin at the break.

Initially Tipperary dominated the opening three minutes of play but it was Leitrim who got the game’s first score when Darragh Rooney pointed a free on the four minute mark after Ryan O’Rourke was fouled.

A purple patch followed for the home side over the next eight minutes with Darragh Rooney firing over from play and a free to put Leitrim three points clear after twelve minutes of action.

Jack Kennedy opened the Tipperary account when converted after winning a 16th minute mark. The Tipp men took control of the proceedings for the next eight minutes with goalkeeper Evan Comerford hitting a point to reduce Leitrim’s lead to the minimum and then Conall Kennedy levelled matters.

A Paddy Creedon point on the 24 minute mark put Tipperary ahead for the first and only time in the game. After that it was tit for tat for the remainder of the half with Leitrim’s Darragh Rooney and Tipperary’s Jack Kennedy swapping a point each. Rooney, from a free, traded points with Tipp’s Shane Neville to make it even Stephen as the interval approached.

Before the half time whistle Darragh Rooney punished a foul on Leitrim’s Tom Prior by converting the resulting free to leave the home side ahead by 0 – 7 to 0 – 6 at the break. Leitrim pulled four points clear in the opening 11 minutes of the second half.

In this period Ryan O’Rourke split the Tipperary posts twice while in between O’ Rourke’s scores Darragh Rooney tapped over a free after Tom Prior was fouled. In reply Jack Kennedy opened Tipperary’s second half account when he popped over a 47th minute point.

Following that, Ryan O’Rourke for Leitrim and Jack Kennedy for Tipperary traded points at opposite ends which left the Premier County men four points in arrears as the game’s third quarter came to a close.

The gap remained at 0 – 4 between the Connacht side and the Munster men after Tipp sub Mark Russell and Leitrim’s Tom Prior exchanged points at opposite ends at the start of the final quarter.

With the Tipp challenge beginning to fade somewhat, Ryan O’Rourke converted a 54th minute free to give Leitrim a five point advantage for the first time in the showdown. Jack Kennedy responded with a Tipp free tap over.

But Leitrim finished strongly with Ryan O’Rourke adding a point from play and a free before the long whistle.

Scorers for Leitrim – D Rooney 0 – 7 5f; R O’Rourke 0 – 6 2f; D Wrynn & T Prior 0 – 1 each.

Scorers for Tipperary – J Kennedy 0 – 4 m f; E Comerford, C Kennedy, P Creedon, S Neville & M Russell 0 – 1 each.

Leitrim: N O’Donnell; C Reynolds, D Casey, A Flynn; P Dolan, M Diffley, J Foley; J Gilheaney, B McNulty; M Plunkett, Ryan O’Rourke, D Wrynn; T Prior, D Rooney, Riordan O’Rourke.
Subs: S Quinn for Plunkett (49); J Rooney for Reynolds (52); P Keaney for Prior (60); E Sweeney for D Rooney (69).

Tipperary: E Comerford; T Condon, J Feehan, J Morris; S Grogan, P Feehan, K Costello; S Neville, C Kennedy; C O’Shaughnessy, T Doyle, P McGarry; M Lowry, P Creedon, J Kennedy.
Subs: C Cadell for Lowry (HT); M Russell for Creedon (42); J Kennedy for McGarry (53); J Leamy for Neville (57); R O’Dowd for C Kennedy (61).

Referee: M Farrelly (Cavan).

Team News

The Tipperary Senior Footballers play Leitrim in Round 7 of the Allianz Football League this Sunday at 1pm in Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada. pic.twitter.com/vVjlRLJJYb

— Tipperary GAA (@TipperaryGAA) March 22, 2024

Tipperary (AFL v Leitrim): E Comerford; T Condon, J Feehan, J Morris; S Grogan, P Feehan, K Costello; M Stokes, C Kennedy; C O’Shaughnessy, T Doyle, P McGarry; M Lowry, P Creedon, J Kennedy