Mayo still Connacht’s team to beat, according to Galway boss Kevin Walsh

Galway manager Kevin Walsh said that the suggestion that this season’s Connacht championship is the most competitive in years is wide of the mark, because Mayo are still much better than their rivals.

Mayo are this year bidding to win the provincial title for the fifth year in a row — only Galway have managed to do that, back in 1960 — and Walsh said they remain the favourites.

The Tribesmen, who take on Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon on Sunday, finished off their league campaign with wins over Laois and Kildare after suffering three losses in a row, while Roscommon came good to secure a second successive promotion and the Division Two title.