NFL Div 1: Mayo 3-18 Galway 2-18
Mayo’s Darragh Beirne tries to evade Ciarán Mulhern of Galway at Pearse Stadium. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
When Ryan O’Donoghue floated over a two-point free on 50 minutes to establish an 11-point lead for Mayo, Pádraic Joyce could have been forgiven if his thoughts turned to Tuam.
Not some of those sun-kissed days when he moved around the place with a swagger early in his playing career but that league match more than five years ago between these counties that marked their resumption after their first Covid break.