Mayo boss Stephen Rochford feels his team are coming up against a quality Westmeath side tomorrow evening.

Both counties will be vying for a berth in the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland SFC at Croke Park, where Rochford feels there were plenty of encouraging aspects about the Lake County's display in their Leinster final defeat to champions Dublin.

"I was in Croke Park, I saw Westmeath put in a good shift. Bernard Brogan chipped on a goal and Kevin McManamon at the very end and maybe that shows a wider gap," Rochford told GAA.ie.

"Certainly Westmeath could have been leading at half time; not necessarily by a big margin. They have a lot of good footballers and, the likes of John Heslin and Ger Egan.

"Ray Connellan being out injured now will be a loss to them because I did feel that he was giving Dublin problems on their half-back line, and that's a good half-back line there as well. They have plenty of quality to them."

Throw-in for tomorrow's game at Croke Park is at 6pm.

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