Roscommon had a narrow, but merited, victory over Carlow in the replayed final of the B Championship in Tullamore on Saturday.

Roscommon - A Tully; N Cunniffe, P Connolly, M Mulry; L Murray, M Healy, P Finneran; M Cuniffe, A Coyne; B Boyle (0- 11), A Kelly, T Reddington; D Lohan, S Sweeney (0-2), R Mulry (0-2). Subs: C Kelly for A Kelly, E Gormley for Coyne, P Regan (0-2) for Redington.

Carlow - P Fenlon; P Kehoe, T Doyle, A Corcoran; J Nevin, C Jordan (0- 1), E Coady; D Kavanagh, R Foley (0-3); M Slye (0-1), S Spruhan (0-1), D Roberts (0-5); B Murphy (0-4), D Murphy, J Kavanagh (0-1). Subs: J Hickey for Spruhan; T Shiels for Foley; S M Murphy for Jordan.

Referee: J M Kelly (Waterford).