Mayo v Donegal, LIVE score updates from the All-Ireland Football Championship
Hello and welcome to our LIVE, minute by minute coverage of this afternoon's eagerly awaited Donegal, Mayo encounter from Hyde Park Roscommon. Mayo are in the bizarre position that if Tyrone defeat Cavan, a Mayo win would see them top the group, but a loss in these circumstances would see them exit the Championship. That's how precarious it is for Kevin McStay's side. Their need is greater here, but Donegal can't afford to take any chances either. If they were to lose and Cavan caused an upset against Tyrone, then Jim McGuinness' side would exit the Championship. A draw would be enough for both sides to progress to the next round and it wouldn't be a major suprise to see this happen.
For Donegal to top the group they need to win and for Cavan to upset Tyrone, which would see Donegal take the one automatic place in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. It looks a long shot for the northwest side, but they'll hardly want to let up here after what happened yesterday.
Last night's results have a bearing on affairs here. With Kerry and Dublin both finishing second in their groups and guaranteed a home All-Ireland preliminary round tie, Donegal and Mayo will both want to also finish second - rather than third - and avoid having to go to Killarney or Croke Park at this stage of the competition.
There's so much on the line here in what should be an absolute belter from Hyde Park that is likely to go to the dying seconds.
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The one change is Conor Reid coming in for Dylan Thornton
Conor Reid comes into the Mayo panel and out goes Dylan Thornton, who was named to start at midfield. It is unclear yet who will start at midfield now for Mayo
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The Irish Sun
2 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Tyrone boss Malachy O'Rourke fears Michael McKernan could miss rest of season after shoulder injury in Cavan win
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RTÉ News
2 hours ago
- RTÉ News
Emotional Conor Meyler returns to fray after 'long two years'
An emotional Conor Meyler was delighted to return to action after a "long two years" sidelined with consecutive knee injuries. The 30-year-old made his long-awaited return for the county in their victory over Cavan, a win that books their place in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-finals. Meyler has had a torrid time with knee injuries of late, as well as plenty of other niggles and knocks over the years. "I had three, in total, knee surgeries, two in the last two years. I had a lot of trouble with my achilles, groin, hamstring, hip, foot. Just a lot of niggles along the way. The knee has been the big one and that was the one that I probably wasn't sure will I get the chance again. "Thankfully I have good people around me who supported me and I got that chance", Meyler told RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport after the game. The Omagh St. Enda's club man was visibly emotional post-game (above), and was quick to thank his family and wider "support network" for their efforts in getting him back onto the field. "It was a special moment. It's been a long two years. It's been a very rocky road as well; it hasn't been straightforward. "With a lot of setbacks along the way, you start to wonder if your chance is going to come again but very grateful for firstly my family, who did back me when I probably doubted myself at times; and the support network I have around me. "They're good people who back me and support me. The management team and the backroom team, who supported me as well", Meyler added. "It's emotional. Seeing my family, because I know how much they've given up to try and help me. Just to thank them for backing me and believing me and that was a nice moment because they've been through a lot as well to try help and support me. "It's as much for them and for other people as well. Hopefully it's a sign for others as well that the body can do unbelievable things if you really believe in yourself," Myler said. "To get the chance to put on the Tyrone jersey again is class but the bigger picture of when you back yourself, believe in yourself, you do something worthwhile. You endure enough then that opportunity eventually will come. Thankfully my chance came today." Like all long-term injuries, the road to recovery provided a plethora of obstacles which Meyler managed to overcome. "I think anyone who has been through a long-term injury will know that it's far from straightforward. You can go to training, be surrounded by people, yet still feel quite alone. "It's the time away from the setup, it's the nights where you're rehabbing by yourself, it's when you're sitting and icing or you're living the lifestyle but not getting the reward of actually playing", Meyler explained. "That's really difficult." Nonetheless, Meyler is back in action and delighted to be helping the cause of a strong Tyrone squad. "To get the chance to put on the Tyrone jersey again is class but the bigger picture of when you back yourself, believe in yourself, you do something worthwhile. You endure enough then that opportunity eventually will come. Thankfully my chance came today", Myler said. "As far as the panel goes, it's definitely very close [to the All-Ireland winning team]. We have a fully fit panel there of 33/34 men all chomping at the bit, and eight or nine boys who didn't make the 26 today who are all top, top players. "We're in a healthy place." Tyrone qualified top of group 1, ahead of Donegal, Cavan and Mayo. That means they will skip past the preliminary quarter-finals, and into the last eight alongside Meath, Monaghan and Armagh.
Irish Daily Mirror
2 hours ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Colm Boyle: Mayo's huge setback and why Donegal need to keep Michael Murphy fit
What a brilliant weekend it was for football in what is probably, to date, the best Championship that I can remember. Donegal and Mayo maybe didn't live up to the other games but it still had a dramatic last 15 minutes. Mayo will have huge regrets about not dropping off Shaun Patton's last kickout. It was very similar to Dublin last year - the same stage of the competition at the same venue - where they lost the last kickout to Ciaran Kilkenny and Dublin went upfield to draw the game. Donegal weren't hugely impressive but they did enough to win, led by the brilliant Michael Murphy, who hasn't just come back to Donegal this year to be a bit part player. He is absolutely their main man. His response to giving away the hand pass for the Mayo goal, probably one of the few mistakes he made on the day, was superb. Straight away he scored a point and set up a brilliant score for Shane O'Donnell. He also won a couple of kickouts and settled Donegal down in the closing stages. Tyrone's win over Cavan was as expected, which might have fed into the lackluster Donegal performance, when they knew they couldn't top the group. For Mayo, a lot of damage was done in that first half when they were playing with the breeze. They had an extra man for 10 minutes with Peadar Mogan black carded, but went in at half time 0-9 to 0-6 down. Three of them scores came when Mogan was off the pitch and Donegal were down to 14 men. Mayo went 20 minutes without scoring, playing with the breeze, which isn't good enough. They just looked nervous and afraid to take a shot on and Brendan McCole probably had the edge on Ryan O'Donoghue. He was being marked tightly and wasn't getting his shots away. Another factor from the first half was the Donegal backs running the Mayo forward line up the field. They started Caolan McColgan on Aidan O'Shea and he was one of those creating an overlap every time they came out of defence. Five of Donegal's nine points in the first half came from defenders and that was just by overrunning the Mayo forward line. At half time, I thought Donegal were going to pull away in the second half with the wind to come, but they never kicked on. They started to play a slow, laborious game and Mayo turned them over a couple of times. Donegal had their warning shot when they were playing the ball around and Jack Carney had a goal chance. It was the same scenario when Michael Murphy got turned over for David McBrien's goal. But Donegal were much better after that. It was as if the goal almost woke them up from their slumber and they attacked with far more pace for the last 12 or 13 minutes than they had done in the second half up to that point. Shaun Patton's kickouts over the top caused Mayo issues in the second half, with the length he had on them helped by the breeze. It looked like he was injured at one stage in the first half. He was over talking to Jim McGuinness and he didn't go long once in the first half. It looked like he wasn't able to kick them long, but in the second half he unleashed some boomers then. Patton and Murphy are absolutely critical for Donegal in the next couple of weeks. I am surprised that Murphy has come back and been such a main man. I'd say for 80 per cent of the Donegal attacks, the ball goes through his hands at some stage. Jack Coyne had a brilliant game at corner back on Oisin Gallen and Patrick McBrearty only came on for seven or eight minutes, which says something about where he's at. If Donegal are to make the All-Ireland semi-finals it will mean two more hard games for Murphy and three hard games inside two weeks, including this one. Will he be able to keep that going? That's going to be the key for Donegal, and can Patton stay fit. This is a huge setback for this Mayo group going forward - another tight game that they haven't won. That's a couple of Connacht Finals against Galway, the penalties against Derry and the Dublin game last year. This is another big blow for the current set-up. They're just not winning the big moments. The similarities in the way Donegal won the game compared to how Dublin got a draw last year are there. Maybe they're not learning from what happened in the past. Some of it is a small bit of luck. That Patton kickout could have fallen to a Mayo player and they could have gone down and got the winner. Or Patton could have hit the last kickout over the sideline as the winner made no difference to Donegal. They were already secure in second place with a draw. All it did was save Cavan and knock Mayo out. Donegal should take care of business next weekend at Ballybofey if they play Louth or Cork, but Galway would be a sticky draw.
