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After last week's loss to Mayo, Galway were made to work for a hard-earned draw against Roscommon on Sunday afternoon. The blustery game finished 0-9 a piece with both sides’ failing to score during the last 14 minutes of the game.

For Galway to win on Sunday and bring Sam Maguire home, there are a few key areas that need to be nailed.

It was a case of third time lucky for Padraic Joyce, who won his first Connacht final as the Galway senior manager on Sunday in Pearse Stadium.

Galway footballers suffered their second defeat to Roscommon in the space of a week when they fell short of the finishing line in Croke Park on Sunday.

For the first time since 2015 Mayo are preparing for a Connacht Senior Football Championship Final.

ROSCOMMON 1-16 WESTMEATH 0-12

Mayo's losing streak at MacHale Park finally came to an end last Saturday night as James Horan's charges accounted for Roscommon in round one of the NFL - by the slimmest of margins - winning out on a scoreline of 1-08 to 1-07.

Reigning champions St. Lomans had to allow for extra reserves as they saw off the stern challenge provided by Athlone in Hogan Park, Moate on Sunday evening. Reduced to 14 players midway through the second half, Luke Dempsey's charges could have succumbed to intense Athlone pressure at this time and when Ryan Gaffey pointed to put the Shannonsiders in front, it seemed that St. Lomans were facing a rare Westmeath senior football championship loss.

In my final paragraph on these pages last Thursday I said that if Galway were "absolutely focused, and went out and performed to their utmost capabilities, then they should be good enough to beat Roscommon."