NFL Div 1: Mayo 4-26 Roscommon 2-11
Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea tries to give Roscommon’s Eoin McCormack the slip during the NFL Division 1 clash at MacHale Park in Castlebar. Photo: Paul Phelan/Sportsfile
The mercy on Roscommon is that this could easily have been much more than a 21-points defeat.
Mayo scored only four of their 10 clear-cut goal chances in today’s Connacht derby as both managers indicated their preference for squad development over chasing the game’s second most important national title.