Roscommon survive Donegal’s hurricane fightback to keep league final hopes alive

NFL Division 1: Roscommon 2-20 Donegal 0-20 At times the rain fell as chips of ice and the wind was outrageous, but somewhere in between Roscommon managed to warm the hearts of their home supporters with a performance of unbreakable spirit and fiery resolve. In the end, their six-point win – which included the perfect momentum-breaker of Conor Hand’s goal on 66 minutes – handed Donegal their first defeat of this campaign. Better still, they’ve left open plenty more Division 1 permutations going into next Sunday’s final round showdown. Donegal arrived with one foot in the final, and although trailing Roscommon by 11 points at the break, playing into that crossfire of a hurricane, they grabbed...