Rossies on road to redemption

Of all the misfits, they were first to be flung unmercifully on to the scrapheap of the qualifiers.

They’d to wait a day over four weeks before they even knew who they’d be playing in the first round. By tomorrow’s throw-in, it’ll be half an hour over six weeks since they started a competitive game despite this being high summer.

It’s little wonder then that Roscommon have lost David O’Gara and David Keenan in that gaping chasm of time as they headed for America. Kevin Higgins and Conor Devaney wandered from the panel too as this isn’t a climate to hang around in, with no tangible reward to be gained.