Enda Smith: 'It probably wasn’t pretty on the eye, but it was something that we worked on'

Man of the match Smith reflects on a huge victory for Roscommon over Mayo to reach Connacht semi-final.

JOB DONE: Roscommon’s Enda Smith celebrates after the Connacht GAA senior football championship quarter-final at Hastings MacHale Park, Castlebar. Pic. INPHO/James Crombie

Hannibal said it best. Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together. Last weekend, Roscommon set the terms with their own blueprint versus Mayo and emerged with a four-point win. The A-Team raided Castlebar.

Davy Burke’s side set out their stall early in the Connacht quarter-final. Against a stiff wind, they withdrew numbers behind the ball and deployed the outstanding Enda Smith in a deeper role.