Leitrim 1-10
Galway 1-21
Colm Costello racked up 1-09 as Galway dispatched Leitrim by 11 points in their Connacht Under-20 championship opener in Cloone this evening.
The game had come into greater focus after Leitrim’s highly controversial decision to forfeit their Division 3 Allianz Football League game against Fermanagh last weekend, partly due to an injury crisis and partly due to the high preponderance of Under-20 players in their senior squad.
Senior boss Steven Poacher had stressed the importance of the Under-20 championship when explaining the decision but Leitrim got off to a losing start in their provincial campaign, Derek Savage’s visitors cantering to victory on the back of a dominant first…