The curse of the cruciate has struck both the Ballaghaderreen and St Brigid’s camps hard this year and four players will miss Sunday’s Connacht Club SFC final due to torn cruciate knee ligaments.

ST. BRIGID'S (Roscommon) 0-11 COROFIN (Galway) 0-10

DESPITE being given a first-half scare, defending champions St Brigid’s cruised into the Connacht Club SFC final with a merited six-point defeat of plucky Tourlestrane at Markievicz Park yesterday.

The AIB Connacht Club SFC final will be a Galway-Roscommon affair after Corofin and St. Brigid’s came through today’s semi-final encounters.