A refusal to panic rewarded Mayo with back-to-back Connacht SFC final victories over near neighbours Galway, as they came from five points down at the interval to win comfortably by 2-14 to 2-8.

The holders coughed up a couple of goals in the first-half, a lapse of concentration in the defence leading to Shane Walsh's opener before the full-forward cut through to set up a second major.

Whatever manager James Horan said at half-time had its desired effect while Kevin McLoughlin and Eoghan McLaughlin made significant impacts off the bench.

"There wasn't any panic at half-time,” Horan said.

“We had a lot of possession in the first half, we just wasted a lot of it, particularly up front, final pass and some of the shots and options we took we put ourselves under pressure.

"They got a goal off the post where we were slack, we were asleep for the rebound. The second goal too we had Shane covered, but if you give him a bit of space he is gone.

"It was a poor goal to giveaway, but we knew we weren't a million miles off at half-time, we sat down, went through a few things and made a few changes."
 

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