Mayo eased comfortably into an All-Ireland junior football final with an emphatic win over Offaly in this semi-final at Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon on Saturday evening.

There was little to separate the sides at half-time, and despite a wonderful display from Offaly's John Ryan in that first half they trailed 0-6 to 0-7. However, Ryan was sent off 13 minutes from the end for a late tackle on Mayo's Sean Grimes, and in the final quarter Mayo took control, midfielder David O'Loughlin taking over as Offaly failed to register a score in the second half.

Points from O'Loughlin and Maurice Horan saw the gap widen between the sides as Mayo won pulling up in the end.

Mayo: N O'Brien; A Costello, B Heneghan, B Burke; S Grimes, J Fallon, J Rafter; D O'Loughlin (0-3), P Kelly (0-1); D McDonagh, A O'Malley (0-2), K Malone (0-1); D Quinn, B Maloney (0-1), M Horan (0-6).

Offaly: D Kelly; N Slattery, C Evans, K Flynn; B Halligan, S Brady, D Quinn; J Stewart (0-2), J Greene; B Monaghan, J Ryan; P O'Reilly; P Brady (0-2), T Coffey (0-1), M Daly (0-1).

Referee: M Henry (Cavan).