Dineen to the rescue

ROSCOMMON SFC Castlerea St Kevin's 0-12 Pádraig Pearse's 1-9: AN INJURY-time point from Nigel Dineen earned Castlerea St Kevin…

ROSCOMMON SFC Castlerea St Kevin's 0-12 Pádraig Pearse's 1-9:AN INJURY-time point from Nigel Dineen earned Castlerea St Kevin's a draw with Pádraig Pearse's in the Roscommon football final in Kiltoom yesterday.

Castlerea led by four points with five minutes remaining but Seán Fahy converted a free for Pearse's and they then got the equalising goal through Paul Duke.

With one minute of normal time remaining a Denis Whyte point gave Pearse's the lead but Dineen fisted over the equaliser.

CASTLEREA ST KEVIN'S: G Claffey; E Creaton, G Tiernan, P Duignan; N Curran, M Raftery, D Flahive; M Killilea, C Dineen; J Duggan, N Dineen (0-3), S Heneghan; R Curran, E Kenny, G Heneghan (0-8, six frees). Subs: B Carty (0-1)for C Dineen (22 mins), C Dineen for Creaton (46 mins), D Lyons for R Curran (55 mins).

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PÁDRAIG PEARSE'S: T Dolan; D Whyte (0-1), J Whyte, Pádraig Kelly; E Barrett, Paul Kelly, D Duffy; P Connell (0-1), N Carty; P Duke (1-0), G Kelly, M Duignan (0-1); A Duffy (0-3, one free), M Finneran (0-1), S Fahy (0-2, one free). Subs: E Ryan for G Kelly (47 mins), D Donnellan for Pádraig Kelly (50 mins), J Egan for Finneran (52 mins), A Fallon for Duke (60 mins).