Stephen Rochford: ‘We need a 70-minute effort’

Mayo 2-17 Kildare 0-14: There was the 20-minute burst either side of half-time in the Connacht semi-final where they outscored Galway by 0-9 to 0-2.

There was that resilient second-half display against Fermanagh where they hit 1-10 while, in the process, restricting Pete McGrath’s side to a meagre two points.

Neither, though, came anywhere close to the 10 minutes of near-perfect football produced by this Mayo bunch directly before half-time on Saturday evening.