John Evans delighted as resurgent Roscommon revel in victory

Roscommon 4-8 Galway 1-12: FBD Connacht final: There is growing optimism in Roscommon that a succession of good underage sides is about to mark them as a serious force at senior level, but the need to temper that expectation was also obvious at Kiltoom yesterday.

Roscommon were backed by a strong wind in the opening half but just could not pull away from a Galway side who looked sharper contesting the breaking ball and who mopped up around midfield.

But all changed on the resumption when Roscommon blitzed Galway for three goals in the third quarter, all of them wonderfully constructed scores full of pace and impressive vision.