Saturday May 26

Connacht Senior Football Championship Semi-Final

Leitrim v Roscommon, Pairc Sean MacDiarmada, 5.30pm

A young Leitrim outfit survived an awkward assignment in Gaelic Park finishing strongly to defeat New York.

Now, though, the gradient steepens considerably because Roscommon are beginning to emerge as a serious team.

Last year's Connacht title was followed by silverware in Division Two of the Allianz Football League.

During the past two years Roscommon have beaten Leitrim by 17 and 13 points respectively so the underdogs know the challenge.

Brendan Guckian's developing outfit took encouragement from their win in New York, but this is a demanding assignment on home turf.

LEITRIM: Diarmuid McKiernan; Paddy Maguire, Micheal McWeeney, Oisin Madden; James Rooney, Donal Wrynn, Shane Quinn; Mark Plunkett, Dean McGovern; Jack Heslin, Emlyn Mulligan, Ryan O'Rourke; Darragh Rooney, Keith Beirne, Brendan Gallagher.

ROSCOMMON: Colm Lavin; David Murray, Peter Domican, Niall McInerney; John McManus, Brian Stack, Conor Devaney; Cathal Compton, Tadhg O'Rourke; Enda Smith, Niall Kilroy, Fintan Cregg; Donie Smith, Diarmuid Murtagh, Ciarain Murtagh.