Leitrim fell to their first defeat in Allianz league division 3B following a 2-11 to 21 point defeat to Cavan.
The hosts led 15 points to 1-5 at half-time. The Leitrim goal coming from Stephen Goldrick on 22 minutes.
Cavan showed enough on the scoreboard in the second-half to keep Leitrim at bay. Points from Michael Dervan (2 1f), Gavin O’Hagan, Jeorme Fitzgibbon and Brendan Delaney brought the game back to seven points.
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Leitrim found the net four minutes into injury time but it wasn’t enough as Cavan won out 21 points to 2-11.