Roscommon and Longford in provincial championship action

The Connacht and Leinster intermediate championships continue this weekend with Roscommon and Longford in action.

TG4 Connacht Intermediate Championship

Sligo will look to bounce back after a heavy defeat to Leitrim last weekend.

Roscommon, meanwhile, enter the provincial series but they’ll play Leitrim in a provincial final in any case, as Sligo are a Junior Championship outfit.

The round-robin series at Intermediate level provides vital game time to Leitrim, Sligo and Roscommon ahead of the All-Ireland campaign.

Sligo: E McGuire; C Dunne, A Morrisroe, I Henry; S Curley, N Brennan, J Lyons; S Reynolds, S Regan; A Haran, T Breheny, C O’Connor; L Duffy, S Naughton (c.), M McCormack.

Roscommon: H Cummins, A McGrath, E Irwin, S Wynne, J McDermott, R Fitzmaurice, R Wynne (c), C Cregg, L O’Rourke, M Hagan, A Gavin, N Feeney, A Hanly, E Hagan, N Fitzgerald.

Sligo v Roscommon

Saturday May 6

Curry GAA, Throw-in: 2.30pm

TG4 Leinster Intermediate Championship

Kildare opened the defence of their TG4 Leinster IFC title last weekend with a straightforward win over Carlow.

Although Longford slumped to a 1-6 to 0-2 defeat, they were resolute and to their credit kept a free-scoring Wexford to a minimum.

Kildare boss Diane O’Hora makes four changes to the side that defeated Carlow last time out. Anna Dunlea, Fiona Troute, Róisín Byrne and Mia Doherty make way for Niamh Barnes, Claire Sullivan, Róisín Forde and Lara Curran.

Longford go with an unchanged team as they look to get points on the board. If they are to make the knockout stages, they will need to get a win against the in-form Lilywhites, who were recently crowned Lidl NFL Division 3 champions.

Kildare: N Barnes, L Gilbert, L Lenehan, A Clifford, T Duggan, R Sargeant, S Munnelly, G Clifford (C), A Rattigan, C Sullivan, N Dooley, R Forde, E Dowling, C Price, L Curran.

Longford: R McGrath, S McCormack, L Keegan (C), E Doris, C McCormack, M Kelleher, G Kenny, G Shannon, E O’Brien, H Glennon, Caoimhe Lohan, K. Crawford, K. McKeon, Clodagh Lohan, E. Sheehy.