Details
Date | Time | Competition | Season |
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4 June 2022 | 4:00 pm | Sam Maguire Cup | 2022 |
Match Report
SFC: Mayo edge Monaghan in Castlebar
Cillian O’Connor inspired Mayo to overcome a valiant Monaghan in Castlebar, to reach the second round of the All Ireland Football Championship qualifiers.
1-6 from O’Connor showing his class as the game's all-time scorer, as Monaghan could not answer the call and bowed out of the championship in a slender defeat.
Ryan O’Donoghue was not named in the panel, but Jack Carney on his full debut showed his quality to deputise in his place, but the game was all about O’Connor the catalyst for the men in Green and Red.
The Westerners controlled the opening half but had to overturn a late comeback to be ahead at the break, a goal coming from a Cillian O’Connor penalty enough to give them the advantage after a frantic bruising opening half in Castlebar.
Monaghan took the early advantage in the tie as Gary Mohan kickers to quick fire points for a 0-2 lead after three minutes, but after Conor mcmanus was shown a black card for a trip on Aidan O’Shea, the hosts began to come back into the tie, Cillian O’Connor kicking the resulting free, before the high pressing Mayo line proved dividends with Eoghan McLaughlin getting space and hitting the target.
O’Connor raised the green flag from a penalty minutes later, Monaghan guilty of a footblock, the Mayo forward made no mistake finding the top corner. From here, O'Connor and Rob Hennelly added two more points before Jack McCarron ended a 16 minute drought with a score from a mark, making it 1-4 to 0-3 after 19 minutes.
The Teams exchanged further scores as Monaghan began to come back into the game, McCarron influential inside in the forward line, reducing the Mayo lead to three after 28 minutes. O’Connor looked to have made it a four point game before the end of normal time in the first half, but McManus landed a late free, his first score of the game to make it a three point game at the interval.
Straight from the restart O’Connor kicked his fourth point of the afternoon, but Kieran Duffy replied to keep Monaghan within three points, it could have gotten worse for Monaghan straight after the Duffy point, they broke clear immediately from a lovely Hennelly kickout, which found O'Connor inside he passed to McLaughlin he bore down on goal but his shot was saved well by Rory Began.
Michael Bannigan reduced the gap to two points by the 42nd minute, but after a few minutes with no action Lee Keegan popped up to dissect the posts with a lovely point after 57 minutes, Mayo ahead 1-9 to 0-9.
O’Connor and Monaghan substitute Shane Carey exchanged free’s, Carey coming in to replace McManus looking to inspire the Farney Army. Darren McHale and O’Connor kicked late scores before we headed for time added on, as Mayo held a 1-12 to 0-10 advantage.
Conor Leonard and Care both chipped in with late scorers for Monaghan, but they will leave Mayo with a bitter taste as it looked like they should have had a penalty to potentially send the game into extra time, but it was deemed a free out and Paddy Durcan kicked high into the sky before the white flag was waved by the umpire, Mayo through with a four point win, a game that will set the Championship a light for the remainder of the year.
Timeline
1' | Gary Mohan | |
3' | Gary Mohan | |
5' | Conor McManus | |
Cillian O’Connor | 6' | |
Eoghan McLaughlin | 10' | |
Cillian O’Connor | 12' | |
Cillian O’Connor | 14' | |
Rob Hennelly | 18' | |
19' | Jack McCarron | |
Jack Carney | 21' | |
21' | Conor McCarthy | |
Matthew Ruane | 23' | |
25' | Jack McCarron | |
29' | Jack McCarron | |
Cillian O’Connor | 33' | |
35+2' | Conor McManus | |
Cillian O’Connor | 36' | |
38' | Kieran Duffy | |
42' | Micheal Bannigan | |
James Carr Kevin McLoughlin |
49' | |
51' | Kieran Hughes Andrew Woods |
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53' | Conor McCarthy Conor Leonard |
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54' | Darren Hughes | |
Lee Keegan | 57' | |
Aiden Orme Darren McHale |
59' | |
59' | Conor McManus Shane Carey |
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Cillian O’Connor | 62' | |
64' | Shane Carey | |
Darren McHale | 66' | |
Cillian O’Connor | 69' | |
Paddy Durcan | 70+4' | |
70' | Conor Leonard | |
70' | Shane Carey |
Past Meetings
(Round 2)
1-11 2-10NFL Division 1
St. Tiernachs Park, Clones
Monaghan v Mayo |
Ground
MacHale Park, Castlebar |
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MacHale Park, McHale Road, Gorteendrunagh, Castlebar Urban Electoral Division, Castlebar Municipal District, County Mayo, Connacht, F23 RC84, Ireland |
Full Time in Castlebar and Mayo make it to round two, not the easiest of games but Cillian O'Connor was the key man
Paddy Durcan gives Mayo a lifeline to now lead by four, a goal can not see them draw not unless Monaghan mange two quick scores
Appeals for a Monaghan penalty looked to be watertight but the referee says free out for Mayo
Shane Carey kicks a free into injury time, three point game
6 minutes added on
Connor Leonard keeps Monaghan in the tie
O'Connor taps over a free once more
Darren McHale points to push the Mayo lead to four
Shane Carey makes it a three point game with a free
1-5 now for Cillian O'Connor, he taps over a short ranged free
McManus departs the field as Shane Carey comes in
Darren McHale replaces Aiden Orme in the second Mayo change
Lee Keegan the veteran gets on the scoresheet, he always can pop up with a point
Darren Hughes has his name in the notebook
Kevin McLoughlin replaces James Carr
Micheal Bannigan makes it a two point game
Mayo break clear immediately lovely Hennelly kickout finds O'Connor inside Eoghan McLaughlin bears down on goal but his shot is saved well by Began
Kieran Duffy on the board for Monaghan
Cillian O'Connor kicks Mayo four clear first score of the half
Second Half underway at Castlebar
McManus kicks a late free to make it 1-7 to 0-7 at Half Time
Two minutes added on
O'Connor kicks another beautiful free
McCarron with an audacious score for Monaghan
McCarron gets another score
Matthew Ruane kicks into the square but instead he kicks over the blackspot for another Mayo point
Conor McCarthy makes it a four point game
On his first start in Championship football, Jack Carney gets his first point in Championship football
Jack McCarron gets Monaghan back on the board, 16 minutes without a score
Rob Hennelly kicks a beautiful long range free
O'Connor raises the white flag again
O'Connor buries the ball high into the bet from the spot kick
Penalty Mayo for a foot block denying a clear goal scoring chance
Eoghan McLaughlin levels the tie
Cillian O'Connor kicks the resulting free
Conor McManus trips Aidan O'Shea and is black carded
Mohan makes it two from two, but let off for Mayo as a goal looked on the cards
Gary Mohan bringing the mullet back in style, his kicking ability also looking sharp as he kicks Monaghan ahead
And we are underway!!
McManus V O'Connor, two veterans who bleed their county colours go head to head this afternoon, which team can make it to round two, throw in under 15 minutes from now
Both teams look to be going as per match programme, knockout football with the summer sun beating down in Mayo
Castlebar may be the normal home of Mayo GAA, but this season it has not been a happy hunting ground just the one fixture played here so far, the defeat to Galway in the Connacht Quarter Final, another tough opponent stands in their way today in the shape of Monaghan, a mouth watering game for the neutrals but for one they will be booking an early summer holiday, join myself Diarmuid Kearney for live text commentary from 4pm