Leitrim secure promotion to Division 3

Leitrim, led by Ryan O'Rourke, gained promotion to Division 3 when they upped their second half performance to grab a decisive win over a battling Tipperary side at Carrick-on-Shannon.

Initially Tipperary dominated the opening three minutes of play but it was Leitrim who got the game's first score when Darragh Rooney pointed a free on the 4 minute mark after Ryan O'Rourke was fouled.

A purple patch followed for the home side over the next eight minutes with Darragh Rooney firing over from play and a free to put Leitrim up by three points clear after twelve minutes of action.

Jack Kennedy opened the Tipperary account when converted after winning a 16th minute mark. The Tipp men took control of the proceedings for the next eight minutes with goalkeeper Evan Comeford hitting a point to reduce Leitrim's lead to the minimum and then Conall Kennedy levelled matters.

A Paddy Creedon point on the 24 minute mark put Tipperary ahead for the first and only time in the game. After that it was tit for tat for the remainder of the half with Leitrim's Darragh Rooney and Tipperary's Jack Kennedy swapping a point each while then Rooney from a free traded a point with Tipp's Shane Neville to make it even Stephen as then interval approached.

Before the half time whistle Darragh Rooney punished a foul on Leitrim's Tom Prior by converting the resulting free to leave the home side ahead by 0-07 to 0-06 at the break. Leitrim pulled four points clear in the opening eleven minutes of the second half.

In this period Ryan O'Rourke split the Tipperary posts twice while in between O' Rourke's scores Darragh Rooney tapped over a free after Tom Prior was fouled. In reply Jack Kennedy opened Tipperary's second half account when he popped over a 47th minute