Nicky Rackard Cup: Sligo and Tyrone book semi-final tickets

June 01, 2019

Sligo and Mayo finish all square as Tyrone overcome Louth

In today’s Group 2 games, Sligo and Mayo shared the spoils while Tyrone saw off Louth.

It finished Sligo 2-16, Mayo 1-19 in Scarden while Tyrone registered a 2-21 to 1-17 victory over visitors Louth at Healy Park.

The results mean Sligo advance as table toppers with Tyrone in second place.

The Yeats County will face Warwickshire in the last four while the Red Hands will be up against Armagh.

The Wee County will look to preserve their Nicky Rackard Cup status when they square up to Monaghan in a relegation play-off.

Sligo - M Burke; J Weir, N Feehily, K O'Kennedy; K Banks, R Cox, R McHugh (0-1); G O'Kelly Lynch (2-2), J Starr (0-1); B Shannon, C Griffin (0-1), G Cadden (0-2); S Crowley (0-2, 1f), K Raymond (0-6, 3f, 1'65), K Gilmartin. Subs: M Gordon for S Crowley, T O'Kelly Lynch for B Shannon, K Prior for K O'Kennedy, A Kilcullen (0-1) for G Cadden, N McDermott for J Starr.

Mayo - S Leneghan; C Murray, C Daly, S Mulroy; B Hunt, D Kenny, C Freeman (0-1f); K McDermott, S Kenny (0-1'65); S Regan (0-2), K Kiely, P Kiely; S Boland (0-10, 8f), A Phillips (1-3), C Scahill (0-1). Subs: D Huane for C Freeman, E Delaney for K Kiely, P O'Flynn for P Kiely, J Gallagher for K McDermott, K Feeney (0-1f) for C Scahill.

Referee - S Stack.

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Tyrone - C McElhatton; S Muldoon, J Kerr, C McNally; D Rafferty, C Kearns, J Ferguson; S Donaghy, R McKernan (0-1); L Devlin (0-2), B McGurk, T Morgan (0-5); M Mulgrew (1-0), D Casey (1-11, 0-8f), D Begley (0-2). Subs: C Cross for J Ferguson, C Lagan for S Donaghy, J McGurk for M Mulgrew.

Louth - D Connolly; M Wallace, A McCrave, A Smith; P Fallon, L Molloy, J McDonnell; D O'Hanrahan, D Kettle; P Brennan (0-1), J Costelloe, F Joyce; D Geoghegan (0-13, 11f), S Connelly (1-1), C Deane (0-2). Subs: M Fee for A McCrave, S Kettle for P Fallon, J Martin for P Brennan.

Referee - M Murtagh.


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