Mayo vs Roscommon

2023 - 3 - 5

Post cover — Image courtesy of "Irish Mirror"

Roscommon 2-11 Mayo 1-16 recap and result as Mayo edge out ... (Irish Mirror)

As always Mayo did things the hard way as they edged out Roscommon in a tight Allianz National League contest. A strangely subdued atmosphere engulfed Dr ...

Conor Daly finds himself way up the field in acres of space. But Mayo lost their way in the second quarter and gave away some really sloppy scores. Mayo led by seven points to no score, and the crowd was well and truly silenced. Tommy Conroy hits the post! All over the park Kevin McStay's men were first to the ball and in the face of the opposition. Cillian O'Connor got his eye in early, while James Carr raised the white flag on a couple of occasions.

'Sweeper keeper' tactic costs Roscommon dearly as they concede a ... (SportsJOE.ie)

Mayo and Roscommon played out a clash in Division One of the National Football League on Sunday afternoon in Dr Hyde Park.

In truth, this game was won in the first half, however, with Mayo cruising into a 0-5 to 0-0 lead early on. Enda Smith was the main man in that second half come-back, the Boyle dynamo scoring a stunning goal to get them going. They're all playing their part.

Roscommon v Mayo live score, teams, TV and streaming details for ... (Galway Beo)

The winner will have one foot in the Allianz National Football League Division 1 final.

Roscommon 2-11 Mayo 1-15 Roscommon were the early form team of 2023. Juveniles under 16 go free and do not require a ticket. Mayo are unbeaten with six points from four games. Joseph Belton has been fighting cancer since September 2021 when he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. Both teams know that a win will give them one foot in the final.

Mayo withstand Roscommon rally to extend unbeaten start (RTE.ie)

Mayo's unbeaten start to the season continued as they kept a second-half Roscommon comeback at bay to run out deserving 1-16 to 2-11 winners at Dr Hyde ...

A number of cheap turnovers allowed Mayo to feast on some eyecatching scores as Conroy, O’Connor (three frees), James Carr, Fionn McDonagh and a ’45 from goalkeeper Rory Byrne opened up a seven-point advantage. In the first minute of injury-time, substitute Cox pounced for a second Roscommon goal, a score that threatened to throw the cat among the pigeons as Mayo’s lead was reduced to just a point. By the midway mark, they were 0-09 to 0-04 ahead, and when a mix-up between Colin Walsh and Conor Daly gifted a 48th-minute goal to Mayo centre-forward Jack Carney, the visitors were 1-12 to 0-07 ahead and cruising.

Mayo survive late Roscommon charge in an unlikely blockbuster of ... (The Irish Times)

Two late goals for the home team turned what had been a one-sided affair into a dramatic nail-biter.

Conor Cox came off the bench to land a huge free on 63 minutes and bury a goal on 71. Diarmuid Murtagh got them going with a free and a point from play and Conor Daly took matters into his own hands to rock up from full-back and ping one just before the break. Mayo led by seven after the first 20 minutes and by eight with 20 to go. But when a team like Mayo, under new management and riddled with backstory, goes five games unbeaten to start the year, who cares if they want to win the league or not? You’d have had a hard time convincing the 12,491 here that this was a game either side was going to be raising a gallop to win. It would have been pure burglary on the Rossies’ part but so careless were Mayo in allowing it, they would have had a job getting the insurance company to pay out.

Allianz FL D1: Mayo's unbeaten run continues (GAA.ie)

Allianz Football League Division One Mayo 1-16 Roscommon 2-11 Kevin Egan reports from Dr. Hyde Park It was hard to tell if the prospect of a Connacht ...

Even as Roscommon mustered something of a kick coming up to half-time, with Diarmuid Murtagh kicking three points and Conor Daly bursting forward to split the uprights from 25 metres out, it still felt like Mayo had them easily contained. It didn’t look as if any such drama was in store as Mayo burst out of the blocks with a dominant first quarter, rattling off seven unanswered points with the breeze behind them. Hyde Park, as Mayo burst out of the blocks and then cruised to half time with a wind-assisted five-point lead.

Mayo prevail in dramatic Connacht derby as Roscommon comeback ... (Independent.ie)

HARD to believe that this oscillating Connacht derby should finish in such a welter of high-octane excitement at the Hyde.

Gradually, the hosts steadied – thanks in large part to Diarmuid Murtagh who ended their scoring drought from a 21st minute free and added two more (one from play). They led by 0-9 to 0-4 at the break and, when Roscommon gifted Mayo a 48th minute goal, their advantage had stretched to eight. Fast-forward just over an hour, and Dr Hyde Park was shaking, a crowd of 12,491 on tenterhooks as a high ball towards the Mayo goalmouth broke to Ben O’Carroll. SCORERS – Mayo: C O’Connor 0-7 (6f), J Carney 1-1, J Carr 0-3, T Conroy, F McDonagh, R Byrne (’45), B Tuohy, M Ruane 0-1 each. It all stemmed from a careless turnover, Colin Walsh attempting to find Conor Daly as Roscommon emerged from their goalmouth, but Daly fumbled the ball and Jack Carney – later announced as TG4 Man of the Match – pounced to strike into an unguarded net. As the first quarter drew to a close, a wind-backed Mayo were seven points up, Roscommon had yet to score and you were searching this Division 1 contest for a pulse.