Mayo 2-13

Galway 1-10

By Ivan Smyth at Tuam Stadium

GALWAY minor footballers fell to Connacht final defeat as Mayo came from a point down at the break to prevail by six at Tuam Stadium on Friday evening.

Alan Glynn’s side kicked only 1-2 in the final period with Galway struggling to reach the heights they had shown throughout the round robin series. Even when they led 0-8 to 0-7 at the break, they had flattered to deceive against a wasteful Mayo outfit. The loss of Seán Walsh through injury was a monumental blow even if his replacement Stephen O’Grady was involved in three Galway scoring chances towards the end of the opening period.

Walsh’s presence and ability to win primary possession even when outnumbered was greatly missed. Galway weren’t able to enjoy the same dominance at centre field that they did in the round robin clash between these sides. Shay McGlinchey was also nursing a knock coming into this contest as the Galway captain kicked two early points but was understandably not at his scintillating best. Charlie Cox limped off late on with what appeared to be cramp.

It was an evening where simply everything went awry from a Galway perspective as corner back Vincent Gill was sent off in the 56th minute after picking up a second booking. The corner back tagged Tommy Lydon in the opening stages and received a yellow card for his second foul on the dangerous attacker in the 13th minute. Gill moved off Lydon and followed Darragh Beirne with decent success for the first half before moving back onto his original marker.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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