Roscommon boss Davy Burke said he learned “a hell of a lot” ahead of his side’s upcoming Championship joust with Mayo.
The Rossies slumped to a second successive defeat as a late raid whittled Mayo’s eight-point lead down to one before losing by two in the end.
The sides will meet in Castlebar in the Connacht quarter-final on April 9 - they could still clash in the League final seven days earlier - though Burke said that this encounter proved to be a useful yardstick.