NFL Division Two A/ Roscommon 3-11 Longford 2-13: Two goals from Karol Mannion at the end of the first half left Roscommon in a commanding seven points lead, 3-4 to 0-6, at the break and when Longford were reduced to 14 players after Liam Keenan was shown a straight red card, there appeared to be no way back for Luke Dempsey's side at Pearse Park.

Keenan was punished for his off-the-ball challenge on Séamus O'Neill in the 35th minute, moments after Mannion fired home a goal from close range. Things got worse for the home side when Mannion completed his hat-trick with a strike in the second minute of stoppage-time.

Mannion grabbed his first goal in the 18th minute to give Roscommon a 1-2 to 0-4 lead with Stephen Lohan and Ger Heneghan (free) getting the early points.

Longford were not yet finished, however, and a Paul Barden goal in the 45th minute gave them some hope.

Two points from O'Neill helped maintain Roscommon's grip on the game and they held a comfortable 3-11 to 1-11 lead with 10 minutes remaining.

Longford came storming back and following a couple of points and a goal from Brian Kavanagh reduced the deficit to the minimum before time ran out on the home team.

ROSCOMMON: G Claffey; J Nolan, D Casey, S McDermott; M O'Carroll, S Daly, S Purcell; S O'Neill (0-3), M Finneran; G Heneghan (0-3, two frees), K Mannion (3-3), D Connellan (0-1); P Moran, S Lohan (0-1), E Kenny. Subs: J Rogers for Daly inj (41 mins), P O'Connor for O'Carroll (44 mins), C Cregg for Moran (44 mins), Moran for Connellan (50 mins), S Fahy for Lohan (63 mins).

LONGFORD: D Sheridan; D Brady, B Gilleran, C Conefrey; S Mulligan, A O'Connor (0-1), D Reilly; B McElvaney (0-1), L Keenan; K Mulligan (0-2), P Barden (1-2), P Foy; F McGee, W Murray, B Kavanagh (1-6, three points from frees). Subs: J Martin (0-1) for Murray (28 mins), P Dowd for McGee (48 mins), N Farrell for Gilleran (52 mins), M Kelly for K Mulligan (61 mins).

Referee: R Doone (Antrim).