'The challenge of our lives' is how Roscommon manager Kevin McStay has described Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarterfinal.

Having won the Connacht title a couple of weeks ago, the Rossies are now looking to win a championship match at Croke Park for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Standing in their way of a place in the semi-final are McStay's native county Mayo who overcame Cork in the qualifiers last weekend, albeit, courtesy of extra time.

"The challenge we're putting out to the boys is that this is the challenge of our lives. Roscommon haven't won a major championship match now in Croke Park in 37 years, since August 1980. So you can see the enormity of the task for us," McStay told the Roscommon Herald.

"Perhaps we're young or inexperienced, perhaps we're lacking size and power; that's for people to debate. But we feel we've used the time since the Connacht final well and we're going to give it a good shot."

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