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7th July 2018
04:40pm BST

After 21 minutes of the game, they had eight points scored, seven from play and they had turned plenty of heads along the way. Danger man Andrew Murnin was causing damage on the edge of the square while Rory Grugan was also making his presence felt for Kieran McGeeney's men.
But in fairness to Roscommon, they never panicked and they never deviated from their own attacking plan. Enda Smith's goal on 28 minutes after a sweeping counter-attacking move would be crucial for them.
That man stood as tall as ever in the middle of the field for the men in yellow and blue. A weapon under the kick-outs, every time he gathered position he was haring straight down the heart of the Roscommon defence.
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Ciaran and Diarmuid Murtagh continued where they left off from the Connacht final, with the St Faithleach's club man kicking a pair of fine points from play just before the break.
The Rossies' would go into the interval leading by two, and this game was finely poised.
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That pattern didn't change whatsoever in the second. Armagh's challenge was reignited ten minutes into the second half when their wily weapon Mark Shields slotted a fine goal past Roscommon keeper Colm Lavin.
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But Roscommon steadied themselves again, and fittingly after a couple of points from Devaney and the Murtaghs, it was that man Enda Smith who sealed the deal with his second goal of the day deep in injury time.
Indeed, the quality of this game was best summed up by the amazing stat in the current gaelic football climate that referee Joe McQuillan only had to issue two cards in the whole game.
In the end, they ran out, six point, 2-22 to 1-19 winners.
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