Tom Parsons: Mayo are ready for qualifiers

The spirit shown by Mayo in competing with Galway for 50 minutes with 14 men in Sunday’s Connacht semi-final has Tom Parsons believing they will be ready for whatever the qualifiers throw at them.

Mayo will learn on Monday who of the Round 1A winners they will face next month and the midfielder feels they are better positioned now than they were this time last year having lost to Galway.

“This time last year when Galway beat us, we didn’t show that fight and that edge, particularly going into the last quarter. We did show that on Sunday. We threw everything at it for the last 10 or 15 minutes. We are disappointed that we didn’t get the scores to draw or win. That’s something we’ll be working on. It’s no more a challenge than has been there before for us and it’s something we won’t shy away from.”