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Date Time Competition Season
11 June 2022 6:00 pm Sam Maguire Cup 2022

Match Report

SFC: Mayo through to last eight

Late second half goals by Oisín Mullin and Jordan Flynn were the deciding factor in Mayo reaching the Quarter Finals of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

They left it late yet again, a poor performance by their standards as they left numerous wides and chances go astray, the scoreboard said enough 2-13 to 0-14 in their favour

Kildare will feel heartbroken after a gutsy strong performance, once again it was their defence carved open and the net rippling that sees them suffer defeat at Croke Park.

In a slow burning start to the tie both were guilty of some poor shooting at goal, Jack Carney meanwhile found the target after four minutes to kick Mayo into an early lead, the Lilywhites however came alive after this score, kicking four points in a row with Hyland notching two frees, as they were comfortably ahead 0-4 to 0-1 after 14 minutes.

Cillian O’Connor ended a 17 minute drought for his team after kicking his first of the day, Kildare building on their lead with two Kevin O’Callaghan points, Mayo remaining four behind.

Eoghan McLaughlin could have had a remarkable minute of play, the half back gliding his way to score a point, before doing similar seconds later but Kildare stopper Aaron O’Neill pushed his bullet of a shot over the bar, Hyland was accurate before the interval kicking his fourth free, as they were ahead 0-8 to 0-5 at half time.

Three quick scores settled the Leinster team into the second half, as Mayo looked a little lost in the vast empty space of the Croke Park turf, but points by Fergal Boland, Conor Loftus and O’Connor put them back within three.

Lee Keegan and Diarmuid O'Connor, the two veterans in the Mayo panel, chipped away at the scoreline, making it a two point game before Jimmy Hyland pointed from another free after 53 minutes, for a 0-13 to 0-10 lead.

Mullin awoke the entirety of his county, after he ran through the Kildare defence and hit the back of the net just after the hour mark, only the second time the teams had been level in the contest.

When the clock strikes late in fixtures, the men front he west hit another gear, Boland and O’Connor waving the flag before the end of normal time, despite Shea Ryan running up from full back to draw Kildare level minutes earlier.

Darren McHale’s point just before the clock hit the red looked to have given Mayo the win, but an audacious shot at goal by Jordan Flynn, looped over O’Neill in the Kildare net as he was back peddling to his line, resulting in Mayo leaving headquarters with a five point win.

Kildare
16Aaron O’Neill Goalkeeper
2Mick O’Grady Defender
3Shay Ryan Defender 66'
4Ryan Houlihan
26Darragh Malone Defender 7'
17David Hyland Defender
7Kevin Flynn Forward
8Kevin Feely Forward 14'
9Kevin O’Callaghan Midfielder 26', 31'
10Alex Beirne 12 Forward
11Ben McCormack Forward 35'
24Fergal Conway 18
23Neil Flynn 13 47'
14Daniel Flynn Forward 40'
15Jimmy Hyland 25 Forward 9', 12', 30', 35+1', 41', 53'
1Mark Donnellan Goalkeeper
5Tony Archbold Defender
6James Murray Defender
12Paul Cribbin 10
13Darragh Kirwan 23 Forward
18Paddy McDermott 24 Defender 70'
19Mike Joyce Defender
20Daragh Ryan
21Paddy Woodgate Forward
22Aaron Masterson Midfielder
25Brian McLoughlin 15

Mayo
1Rob Hennelly Goalkeeper
2Lee Keegan Defender 28', 48'
70'
3Oisin Mullin Defender 61'
4Enda Hession Defender
5Paddy Durcan Defender
6Stephen Coen 17 Defender
7Eoghan McLaughlin Defender 33', 34'
8Aidan O’Shea 21 Defender
9Matthew Ruane Midfielder
10Diarmuid O’Connor Midfielder 51'
11Jason Doherty 24 Forward
12Conor Loftus Forward 47'
13James Carr 23 Forward
14Jack Carney Forward 4'
15Cillian O’Connor Forward 21', 45', 68'
70+4'
16Rory Byrne Goalkeeper
17Padraig O’Hora 6 Defender
18Rory Brickeneden Forward
19Donnacha McHugh Defender
20Conor O’Shea Midfielder
21Jordan Flynn 8 Midfielder 70+5'
22Kevin McLoughlin Forward
23Darren McHale 13 Forward 70'
24Fergal Boland 11 Forward 44', 65'
25Bryan Walsh Forward
26Aiden Orme Forward

Timeline

  4' Jack Carney
Darragh Malone 7' 
Jimmy Hyland 9' 
Jimmy Hyland 12' 
Kevin Feely 14' 
  21' Cillian O’Connor
Kevin O'Callaghan 26' 
  28' Lee Keegan
  28' Jason Doherty
Fergal Boland
Jimmy Hyland 30' 
Kevin O'Callaghan 31' 
Alex Beirne
Paul Cribbin		 31' 
  33' Eoghan McLaughlin
  34' Eoghan McLaughlin
Ben McCormack 35' 
Jimmy Hyland 35+1' 
Daniel Flynn 40' 
Jimmy Hyland 41' 
  44' James Carr
Darren McHale
  44' Fergal Boland
  45' Cillian O’Connor
  46' Stephen Coen
Padraig O'Hora
Neil Flynn 47' 
  47' Conor Loftus
  48' Lee Keegan
  51' Diarmuid O'Connor
Jimmy Hyland 53' 
Neil Flynn
Darragh Kirwan		 53' 
  60' Aidan O'Shea
Jordan Flynn
  61' Oisin Mullin
  65' Fergal Boland
Shay Ryan 66' 
  68' Cillian O’Connor
Paddy McDermott 70' 
Fergal Conway
Paddy McDermott		 70' 
  70' Lee Keegan
  70+4' Cillian O’Connor
  70+5' Jordan Flynn
  70' Darren McHale
Jimmy Hyland
Brian McLoughlin		 72' 
  • 75'

    JORDAN FLYNN CHIPS O'NEILL OFF HIS LINE AND MAYO ARE INTO THE QUARTER FINALS!!!

  • 74'

    Cillian O'Connor shown a third yellow by the referee in as many minutes

  • 70'

    Paddy McDermott is just on the field but he gets a yellow card

  • 70'

    Keegan is in the notebook

  • 70'

    Darren McHale could have won the tie for Mayo

  • 68'

    Cillian O'Connor has a deflected shot sent over the bar

  • 66'

    Shea Ryan runs up from full back to fist over and level the game

  • 65'

    Boland kicks Mayo into the lead the first time since the start of the first half

  • 61'

    THE WEST HAS AWOKEN, Oisin Mullen finds the back of the net

  • 60'

    Jordan Flynn replaces Aidan O'Shea for Mayo

  • 53'

    Darragh Kirwan replaces Neil Flynn

  • 53'

    Hyland remains accurate from the frees

  • 51'

    Diarmuid O'Connor makes it a two point game

  • 48'

    Lee Keegan loves to get forward and score points

  • 47'

    Neil Flynn responds for Kildare

  • 47'

    Conor Loftus adds another for Mayo

  • 45'

    O'Connor waves the white flag again

  • 44'

    Another Mayo change Darren McHale replaces James Carr

  • 44'

    Fergal Boland gets Mayo on the board in the second half

  • 41'

    Hyland sells a dummy and kicks his first score from play

  • 40'

    Daniel Flynn has five players around him but he kicks over the bar, Kildare ahead by five

  • 35'

    McCormack fists over the bar for the first point of the second half

  • 35'

    The second half is underway

  • 36'

    Half Time and Kildare are deservedly ahead at the break, Mayo again guilty of so many poor wides, all to play for in the second half

  • 36'

    Hyland with another beautiful free

  • 35'

    Two minutes added on

  • 34'

    Eoghan McLaughlin has a goal chance but Aaron O'Neill saves well put it goes over for a point

  • 33'

    Eoghan McLaughlin sprints forward and makes it a three point game

  • 31'

    Kildare sub as Paul Cribbin replaces Alex Beirne

  • 31'

    O'Callaghan kicks a second

  • 30'

    Jimmy Hyland with another free

  • 28'

    Mayo make an early change Fergal Boland replaces Jason Doherty

  • 28'

    Lee Keegan replies well for Mayo

  • 27'

    Kevin O'Callaghan kicks another for Kildare

  • 21'

    Cillian O'Connor ends a rut for Mayo as they get on the board

  • 14'

    Kildare finding their rhythm as Kevin Feely kicks a beauty for a three point lead

  • 12'

    Mayo commit another foul and Hyland kicks back to back scores, Kildare now two ahead

  • 9'

    Jimmy Hyland kicks a free to out Kildare ahead

  • 7'

    Darragh Malone gets Kildare on the board

  • 6'

    Poor shooting early on James Carr calls a mark but drops the free short into the keepers hands

  • 5'

    Flynn with another wide

  • 4'

    Jack Carney makes sure the scoreboard is working, first score of the day by the Mayo man

  • 4'

    Another wide the first for Kildare, Ben McCormack missing the target

  • 3'

    Cillian O'Connor the next to kick a free and it goes wide

  • 2'

    Daniel Flynn calls a mark and takes the free, it looks very easy but he hits the post

  • 1'

    Rob Hennelly kicks an early long range free but it drifts to the left and wide

  • 1'

    Pushing and shoving but the ball is thrown in and we are away

  • Mayo appear to be starting as per programme, ten minutes to throw in

  • It was said Kildare would make changes and they have named five from what was printed today as No.16 Aaron O’Neill replaces No.1 Mark Donnellan, No.26 Darragh Malone replaces No.5 Tony Archbold, No.17 David Hyland replaces No.6 James Murray, No.24 Fergal Conway replaces No.12 Paul Cribbin, the final change sees No.23 Neil Flynn replaces No.13 Darragh Kirwan.

  • It's crunch time in the Qualifiers for the All Ireland Senior Football Championship, a spot in the final 8 is at stake for Mayo and Kildare, both know just how important this is for their seasons, the Quarter Final beckons after 70+ minutes of intense football, my name is Diarmuid Kearney and I will keep you updated on this fixture until we have a winner

Past Meetings
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Diarmuid Kearney is a freelance Sports Journalist based in Co Kerry. He has more than 5 years experience covering domestic and international soccer for different media organisations, while also working for local and national print and digital organisations covering GAA.