Three Mayo players who caught our eye against Galway

Donnacha McHugh – The Castlebar Mitchels man is no stranger to the role of spoiler-in-chief.

His task on Sunday was to contain Galway’s marquee attacking defender-turned midfielder Sean Kelly.

In truth, McHugh did a fine job. Though he got little ball himself, he played a part in curtailing the Galway captain’s influence – he even got up the field for a point in the first half.

One of his biggest highlights was his 38th minute dispossession of Connor Gleeson, which led to Matthew Ruane’s second point.

Could he have done a similar job on Shane Walsh or Robert Finnerty as he did on Kelly?

Matthew Ruane – A fine performance from a player who has been struggling for form for a long time.

The Breaffy man made some good fetches, kicked three points and prevented Paul Conroy from having a major influence on the game.

Galway didn’t dominate the middle as much as they would have liked for long periods on Sunday – largely down to Ruane.

He will remain a key player for Kevin McStay in the upcoming championship campaign.

Tommy Conroy – The livewire from The Neale gave one of his most influential displays in a long time for Mayo.

As well as kicking two points, Conroy came deep and got on plenty of ball. He also made the Galway defence sweat with his signature ‘take the man on’ party trick on a few occasions.

There was no better example of this than his second point, which he fisted over after a scorching run.

For the second game in a row, he took some of the weight off Ryan O’Donoghue’s shoulders.

Conroy rarely posts massive scoring tallys, but on his day he can cause serious hassle. Sunday proved that.