Magherafelt 1-09
Slaughtneil 1-13
The Rossa’s were unfortunate not to come away from this match with a win even though losing out by 4 points. This was a tightly contested match from the start and it was only in the last few minutes of the game that Slaughtneil pulled away for victory.
The Rossas started brightly with a goal from Ryan Murphy. Slaughtneil replied with 2 points from play before Jared Monaghan pointed following his return from injury. Both sides exchanged points, John Young scoring the Rossas point leaving it 1-02 to 0-03. However, Slaughtneil then raced into the lead scoring 3 points in a row before Enda McLaughlin scored an excellent long range point leaving the sides level at half time. 1-03 to 0-06.
Slaughtneil picked off from where they finished in the first half scoring 1-01 in the opening minutes of the second half. However, the Rossas found new life and scored 5 unanswered points; 2 courtesy of Peter O’Neill, a John Young free & one each from Kieran McKay and Daniel McErlain. This left the Rossa’s ahead by 1 and they had 2 further scoring chances to increase that lead but failed to convert these frees and Slaughtneil then found form. They hit 4 points in a row to seal victory. Final score Magherafelt 1-09 Slaughtneil 1-13.
