Moycullen 3-18

Westport 1-12

John McIntyre at MacHale Park

IT was worth waiting for. Moycullen’s belated first experience of provincial senior club football could hardly have gone any better when routing Westport in a lively Connacht quarter-final at MacHale Park on Sunday.

The Covid pandemic had denied Moycullen the opportunity of testing their worth outside the county in 2020 after an historic Galway triumph, a scenario possibly generating a greater appreciation among Don Connellan’s charges of what they were about to get involved in heading to Castlebar.

And they took to the provincial stage like ducks to water. Assembling their highest championship tally of the season, the Galway title holders proved in a different league to the first-time Mayo winners who were a yawning 12-points adrift at the finish.

Westport were unable to handle their opponent’s pace, quick transition of possession and hard running which repeatedly opened big holes in their defence. Lee Keegan and company battled honourably to the end, but Moycullen proved a significant jump in standard on the teams they had encountered on their ground-breaking journey through Mayo.

Liberated by leaving the familiarity of the Galway campaign behind, Moycullen confirmed the current good health of football in the county with an admirably professional show despite having to field without Peter Cooke – the goal-scoring hero of their dramatic big-day win over Salthill/Knocknacarra – who was ruled out through illness.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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