Lee Keegan is tipping Mayo to bounce back from their heavy defeat to Kerry against Roscommon on Sunday.

The Westerners were hammered 0-19 to 2-29 in Tralee last Saturday, but Keegan fancies them to get back on the horse with a win over their in-form neighbours.

“While it's been a decent league for Mayo so far, it's telling that they shipped bad defeats to last year's All-Ireland finalists - and now likely league finalists (Kerry and Donegal),” the former Footballer of the Year wrote in his RTÉ column.

“I'd fancy a bounce-back win against Roscommon this Sunday, if only because it's badly needed heading into championship. The Rossies were exceptional in the final quarter against Donegal.

"When the clock hit 50 minutes, I thought there was no earthly way that Roscommon could win the game from there. Conor Carroll could barely reach the '45 with his kickouts, Donegal had brought an 11-point deficit down to two and they were clipping over two-pointers like they were 13-metre frees.

"Somehow, the Rossies found a second wind. Enda Smith was a colossus in the closing stages and they managed to get a stranglehold around the middle again, especially on the Donegal kickout.

“Sunday's game in Castlebar may or may not give us a league finalist, but it'll be a hell of a dress rehearsal for a likely Connacht semi-final.”

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