Letterkenny and Monaghan produced a Gordon West Final full of passion and drama on Saturday afternoon at the Kingspan Stadium.

Both teams spent the first quarter testing defences before in the 25th minute, Monaghan No 8, Christopher Brady crashed over, close to the posts, after strong work by the pack. Gareth Graham converted to give Monaghan a 7 – 0 lead. 

A Graham penalty goal on 32 minutes moved Monaghan up to 10 – 0 and a deserved half time lead.

Letterkenny won a penalty, converted by Ben Galbraith, to reduce the gap to 10 – 3 after 59 minutes.

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