Team news from Longford, Meath, Roscommon and Sligo ahead of Lidl NFL Division 3 semi-finals

Lidl NFL Division 3 – Semi Final – Result on the day

Meath v Longford, 2.45pm, Coralstown/Kinnegad, Westmeath (J Devlin, Galway) – SATURDAY 

Beaten Division 3 Finalists last year, Meath have their sights firmly set on going one step better this time.

The Royals steamed through the group stages, registering 18 points and losing just one game along the way.

They’ve already beaten Saturday’s semi-final opponents Longford this year, by four goals in a 5-12 to 1-12 win.

Longford showed fine grit and character to eke out a semi-final slot, finishing fourth in the standings following a dramatic final round of group fixtures.

The Midlanders are not to be underestimated and have players of genuine class in the likes of Mairead Reynolds and Michelle Farrell.

Meath, the 2018 TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate championship runners-up, will look to in-form Stacey Grimes for attacking thrust.

Lidl NFL Division 3 – Semi Final – Result on the day

Sligo v Roscommon, 12.30pm, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford (D McEnery, Westmeath) – SATURDAY 

Roscommon and Sligo’s recent rivalry continues as they prepare to lock horns in the Division 3 semi-final.

Last summer, Roscommon ended Sligo’s three-in-a-row hopes in Connacht by landing the TG4 provincial intermediate title.

There was nothing to separate them during the 2019 Lidl League campaign, with both counties finishing on 15 points, although Sligo did get the better of the Rossies when the counties met in the group stages.

This clash will be streamed LIVE on the LGFA’s Facebook Page and is an eagerly-anticipated Connacht derby: https://www.facebook.com/LadiesGaelicFootball/

Rebecca Finan is a player to watch in the Roscommon attack, while Sligo’s Emma Keavney can cause damage at the other end.

Longford team: 

1. Emer Esler    (Carrickedmond)
2. Rachel O’Farrell   (Carrickedmond)
3. Leanne Keegan   (Mostrim)
4. Mairead Moore   (Clonguish)
5. Orla Nevin   (Longford Slashers)
6. Eimear O’Brien   (Longford Slashers)
7. Clare Farrell   (Longford Slashers)
8. Jacinta Brady   (Killoe)
9. Mairead Reynolds   (Dromard)
10. Emer Heaney (C) (Ballymore)
11. Michelle Farrell   (Colmcille)
12. Aisling McCormack   (Ballymahon/Forgney)
13. Anna McDonnell   (Killoe)
14. Aisling Greene   (Clonguish)
15. Ciara Healy   (Clonguish)

Meath team: 

1	Monica McGuirk	Duleek/Bellewstown
2	Katie Newe	Ratoath
3	Sarah Powderly	Navan O’Mahonys
4	Shauna Ennis	Na Fianna
5	Sarah Wall	Dunboyne
6	Aoibhín Cleary	Donaghmore/Ashbourne
7	Niamh Gallogly	Royal Gaels
8	Máire O’Shaughnessy	Donaghmore/Ashbourne
9	Orlagh Lally	Clann na nGael
10	Orla Byrne	Duleek/Bellewstown
11	Emma Duggan	Dunboyne
12	Megan Thynne	Dunsany
13	Emma White	St Patricks
14	Kelsey Nesbitt	Simonstown
15	Stacey Grimes	Seneschalstown

Roscommon team: 

1	Helena Cummins	Michael Glavey’s
2	Amanda McLoone	Garrycastle, Westmeath
3	Sinéad Kenny	St Croan’s
4	Honor Ennis	St Ciaran’s
5	Shauna Bannon	Clann na nGael
6	Tess Murtagh	Shannon Gaels
7	Niamh Feeney	St Mary’s
8	Joanne Cregg	Michael Glavey’s
9	Jenny Higgins	Western Gaels
10	Alice Kelly	Kilbride
11	Katie Daly	Shannon Gaels
12	Laura Fleming	St Ciaran’s
13	Siobhán Tully	Kilbride
14	Rebecca Finan	Éire Óg
15	Sorcha Bruen	Shannon Gaels

Sligo team: 

1	Noelle Gormley	St. Nathys
2	Aoife Morrisroe	Shamrock Gaels
3	Gráinne O’Loughlin	St. Michaels
4	Jacqui Mulligan	St. Farnans
5	Michelle McNamara	Drumcliffe/Rosses Point
6	Bernice Byrne	Geevagh
7	Ann Marie Coleman	St. Nathys
8	Ruth Goodwin	Coolera/Strandhill
9	Laura Ann Laffey	Coolera/Strandhill
10	Lauren Boles	St. Michaels
11	Ciara Gorman	St. Nathys
12	Sinéad Naughton	Eoghan Rua
13	Una Higgins	Eastern Harps
14	Emma Keavney	St. Patricks
15	Lisa Casey	Eastern Harps