Kevin McStay is hoping Mayo can take inspiration from what Armagh achieved after they came up short in last year’s Ulster SFC final.

The Orchard County went on to win the All-Ireland and McStay sees no reason why Mayo can’t do the same after their narrow Connacht final loss to Galway in Castlebar.

"We just couldn't get our noses in front," the Mayo manager ruefully reflected when speaking to RTÉ.

"There was plenty of time to do it and we nearly did once or twice. Those wides, especially the ones on the nearside, are almost unforgivable, they’re the ones that come back to hurt you.

"We’ll go back and have a good think about where it went wrong for us. This is our third or fourth big game as a group now in the last 12 months and we’re coming out on the wrong side of them.

"I suppose we’ll take a little bit of solace, this time last year Armagh were in the same position, had lost their provincial title on penalties and yet were able to turn it around so that’s the big challenge for us now to get competitive in this group series."

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