Padraic Joyce was delighted with Galway’s performance in their 1-24 to 0-18 victory over Roscommon at Pearse Stadium.

The Galway manager heaped praise on his players after they set up a Connacht SFC final showdown with old rivals Mayo at Hastings Insurance McHale Park on Sunday week. A win in Castlebar will complete a four-in-a-row of Nestor Cups for last year’s All-Ireland runners-up.

"I thought our lads were exceptional today. We controlled the game really, really well and took our score chances when they came up,” he told RTÉ.

"We just played some brilliant football and moved the ball really, really well and were very economical up front, which is great to see. it was a great team performance, yeah.

"Roscommon are a good side, we're not stupid to know that. But I just thought our lads picked off scores at vital times and looked like we were going to score every time we came forward. They just made the right decision with the ball every time.

"It was good enough to win today, is it going to be good enough in two weeks’ time against Mayo? We don't know."

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