Clare goalkeeper Joe Hayes has hailed his team's character after seeing off Roscommon in yesterday's All-Ireland SFC qualifier in Salthill.

The Banner men booked their place into a first ever quarter-final, where they will meet Kerry, in the race for Sam Maguire and afterwards Hayes described what the 2-12 to 1-9 victory meant.

"You can see the support for the team after the game, it's days like this you play football for," Hayes told Newstalk's Off The Ball programme.

"It means everything. I said it before the game that these are the days you dream of and now we're here. Dreams can turn into reality.

"We had a super first half and I suppose we lost Cathal (O'Connor) early in the second half which is unfortunate. We lost possession and conceded the goal, but when the boys needed to go down the other end of the pitch and kick points they did it.

"There were a few dodgy moments and we made life uncomfortable for ourselves but we can work on all that during the week. That won't affect how happy we are at the moment."

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