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Corofin are through to their sixth Connacht final in a row after a controlled, yet underwhelming 1-10 to 0-11 win over a defensive Ballintubber side.

The Mayo u20s were looking to be the thrid Mayo side to defeat Galway in championship action inside of five days in Tuam Stadium on Wednesday night.

A disastrous second half from Galway in line with a spirited Roscommon fightback sends Galway to the qualifiers once again. Five unanswered points at the end of the first half had Galway leading 0-10 to 0-5 at the break. Quite similar to Roscommon’s position half way through last year's final and just like last year the home side lost out to a hungrier dog on the day.

Most pundits expected Corofin to make it three in-a-row of Connacht titles last weekend in MacHale Park, and they did just that, defeating Mayo champions Ballintubber on a score line of 2-10 to 1-9.

Galway and Connacht club champions Corofin qualified for the All-Ireland club semi-final when they easily defeated Fulham Irish (London) by 3-8 to 1-04 in Ruislip at the weekend. They will now meet Moorfield (Kildare) on February 17.

Corofin went to the top of the roll of honour for Connacht club triumphs with their eighth title since 1991. Last weekend's win over Castlebar Mitchels saw them pass out Roscommon’s Clann na nGael who have seven gongs from the 1980s.

The Galway minor footballers face Cavan in the All-Ireland quarter-final in Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada in Carrick on Shannon on Sunday (2pm).

The Galway minor footballers under the management guidance of Stiofáin Seoighe, Damien Tummon, and Jason Tanniane collected what will be the last Connacht minor (U-18) title - as the competition is to be replaced by an U-17 competition from next year.

Stephen Joyce's county minor football squad enjoyed an easy 13-point victory over a lacklustre Mayo on Sunday at McHale Park.