Under-21 FC Connacht: Leitrim were never in contention against a well-drilled Mayo side who dominated the exchanges in a one-sided provincial first-round tie at Páirc Seán Mhic Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon, yesterday.

Although Leitrim's Emlyn Mulligan opened the scoring with a point from play after two minutes, it was to be the home side's only score in a half where Mayo scored six points and registered eight wides to lead at half-time by 0-6 to 0-1.

Although the situation did improve somewhat for Leitrim in the second half, Mayo were by far the better side in all sectors.

MAYO: K O'Malley; T Howley, G Cafferky, K Higgins; C Barrett, T Cunniffe, C Boyle; S O'Shea (0-1), B Moran (0-3); A Campbell (0-1), J Dillon, A Kilcoyne (0-3, one free, one '45); M Ronaldson (0-2), S McGuinness, M Conroy (0-1). Subs: E Varley (0-1) for Conroy, S Ryder for McGuinness, M Hannick (0-1) for Dillon, K Costello for Campbell.

LEITRIM: C McCrann; L Ferguson, S Feeney, J Glancy; D Beck, B McWeeney, A O'Flynn; B Guckian, R Gallagher; A Arandelovic, B Prior, C McGowan; E Mulligan (0-4, one free), D O'Donnell, R McGourty. Subs: G Reynolds for O'Flynn, R Mulvey (0-1) for McGowan, Sharpley for D O'Donnell, S Quinn for Arandelovic, B O'Donnell for McGourty.

Referee: D Hunt (Roscommon).