Mayo manager Andy Moran during the Allianz Football League Division 1 win over Armagh at MacHale Park in Castlebar, Mayo. Photo: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Mayo manager Andy Moran during the Allianz Football League Division 1 win over Armagh at MacHale Park in Castlebar, Mayo. Photo: Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Andy Moran has insisted that an “exceptional” Kobe McDonald is just one of a cluster of young Mayo footballers who have fuelled their flying start to the season.

The Mayo manager accepted that they only have the 18-year-old Leaving Cert student for a “limited time” before he departs for a new AFL career with St Kilda in Australia.