11 September 2006 Leitrim V Longford ladies junior semi final Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! leitrim v longf ladies junior semi final Leitrim v Longford LEITRIM 1-17 LONGFORD 1-8 THE TG4 All-Ireland ladies junior football final will be an all Connacht affair after Leitrim set up a meeting with neighbours Sligo following a semi-final victory over Longford at Hyde Park on Saturday. Leitrim produced a sensational second half performance to overwhelm a Longford side who were looking good for a large portion of the game. Longford, minus star player Sharon Treacy because of injury, led 1-5 to 0-6 at half-time with the goal coming from a 20th minute Denise Murtagh penalty. The Leinster side started the second half positively and points by Murtagh and Edel Quinn extended their advantage to leave a goal between the sides after 34 minutes. However, they failed to score again until the 53rd minute during which time a rampant Leitrim side hit 1-9 without reply. Leitrim were simply unstoppable during that period winning pretty much every ball and Longford couldnt get outside their own 45 metre line. Sinead Quinn started the scoring spree with a 36th minute point to leave it 0-7 to 1-7. Quinn and Mary McKeown tagged over a point apiece inside the next two minutes to leave the minimum between the sides before Lorraine Brennan rattled home the all important goal. The Cloone girl gathered possession just around the 14 metre line and as she ran through she unleashed an unstoppable shot to the top right hand corner of the Longford goal in the 40th minute. It was the first time Leitrim led in the match after chasing Longford from the very off but once they took control there was only ever going to be one winner. Player of the match Eimear McGlade, Quinn (3), Aoife Kelly and Maeve Quinn all scored points over the next seven minutes to put Leitrim out of reach with a 1-15 to 1-7 lead in the 52nd minute. A converted free by Murtagh ended Longfords drought a minute later but it was too little too late. Leitrim will meet Sligo in the final at Croke Park on October 1. LEITRIM: L Loughlin; E Kelly, S Brennan, M Stenson; M McKeon (0-2), E McGlade (0-2), T Mylott; M Quinn (0-1), S McLoughlin; L Brennan (1-0), S Quinn (0-6), S Kerrigan (0-1); AM Cox (0-3, 3f), A Sweeney, A Kelly (0-2). Subs: C Creegan for Sweeney (23 mins); A Conlan for Kerrigan (56 mins) LONGFORD: M Kilkenny; S Moran, M Carrigy, M McElvaney; A Matthews, Y Barden, D Leavy; S McGowan, AM Bratten (0-1); F Farrell, E Powell (0-1), E Dooley; C Delaney, E Quinn (0-1), D Murtagh (1-5, 3f, 1 penalty). Subs: S Gilligan for Matthews (26 mins); C Hannon for Farrell (42 mins) REFEREE: E Jones (Tyrone) Share this Article 0 0