Relegation-threatened Tyrone scored a vital 0-11 to 0-9 win at Healy Park and hammered a dent in Mayo's bid for a place in the NFL Division One final.
By the 49th minute they had the deficit down to a point, and looked set to push on for the win. The Ulster side led by 0-08 to 0-03 at the interval, but their lead was dismantled systematically by a Mayo side moving with purpose. Four of their first five scores were from defenders, a Darragh Canavan mark the only sequence-breaker as they raced into a 0-5 to 0-0 lead by the 13th minute.
Tyrone were good value for their 0-8 to 0-3 lead at the break but Mayo started the second half much better and racked up a couple of early scores with O' ...
Mayo started very slowly and have turned over possesion too often. A point for each side in the space of a minute. But they saw the game out shrewdly and a late Darragh Canavan point was a killer blow for Mayo.
There is a repeat of the All-Ireland final at O'Neills Healy Park this evening.Relegation fighting Tyrone host second placed Mayo in round six of the ...
Kevin McStay and Sean Cavanagh heaped praise on Tyrone star Peter Harte in the Red Hand's crucial Allianz National League win v Mayo.
And the other thing to point out is that he is 32 or 33. “He’s different gravy, this lad. He’s been doing that all his career.”
DIVISION ONE Tyrone v Mayo, O'Neill's Healy Park, 5.45 – Live, RTÉ 2. Mayo have dialled down the relevance of this rerun of last year's All-Ireland decider ...
Verdict: Louth Verdict: Meath Verdict: Derry Verdict: Westmeath Verdict: Laois Verdict: Cork Verdict: Roscommon Meath are picking up greater momentum. Verdict: Tyrone Cork lost another defender, Seán Meehan, possibly for the rest of the season, and Keith Ricken’s options are shrinking all the time. Donegal never regained control of Monaghan last week and have a poor league record in this fixture, not having won it in 15 years – not that Croke Park doesn’t suit them but they need to raise their game to have a chance. Verdict: Kerry