Under-21 Football Connacht Final/Mayo 0-15 Galway 1-5: Galway lost their under-21 All-Ireland and provincial titles at McHale Park on Saturday when Mayo were much too sharp in the provincial final.

The platform for Mayo's success was built on a solid defence, county senior players, Trevor Howley and Keith Higgins, taking the sting from the Galway full forward line.

Galway trailed by 0-7 to 0-2 at half-time. They had took an early lead but Michael Conroy had Mayo on level terms and Joe Dillon put his side into a lead they were never to lose.

Galway's Fiachra Breathnach scored the only goal of the game in the 47th minute but any hope they had was ended by a Marcus Hannick point.

MAYO: K O'Malley; T Howley, G Cafferkey, K Higgins; C Barrett (0-1), T Cunniffe, C Boyle; S O'Shea, B Moran; A Campbell (0-2), J Dillon (0-3), A Kilcoyne (0-2); M Ronaldson (0-1), M Hannick (0-2), M Conroy (0-4). Subs: K Costello for Dillon, S Ryder for Kilcoyne.

GALWAY: P Skelly; P Gleason, F Hanley, R McTiernan; A Glynn, G Bradshaw, C Bane; N Coleman (0-1), C Blake; N Coyne, F Breathnach (1-0), B Lee; T Costello (0-2), S Armstrong (0-2), B Faherty. Subs: A Pender for Gleeson, G Rogan for McTiernan, F Burke for Costello, A Geraghty for Faherty.

Referee: M Duffy (Sligo).