Roscommon in no mood to rest on their laurels

The afterglow from Roscommon’s first Connacht senior title in seven years will burn brightly through the darkest recesses of the winter to come but Ciarán Murtagh is adamant that they are far from done with their summer’s work.

It didn’t go according to plan the last time the Rossies pitched up in Croke Park for an All-Ireland quarter-final, Cork evicting a side that had also just claimed a provincial title before going on to lift the Sam Maguire.

Whatever happens from here on in, 2017 has already been a success given the odds and expectations on Galway to retain their Connacht crown at Pearse Stadium two days ago but Murtagh has hinted that the Nestor Cup was never the limit of their ambitions.