{"id":311923,"date":"2026-02-22T20:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/311923\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T20:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:15:08","slug":"mcdonald-makes-star-cameo-as-mayo-maul-monaghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/311923\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald makes star cameo as Mayo maul Monaghan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayo returned to winning ways in the NFL in emphatic fashion with a comprehensive win over Monaghan in Clones.<\/p>\n

An already very satisfying day for Andy Moran took on an extra dimension with the introduction of 18-year-old AFL recruit Kobe McDonald, who plundered 1-04 from play in a tantalising display of his talent.<\/p>\n

Bob Tuohy’s display at midfield was another big positive for Mayo, who kept their foot on the pedal after kicking five two-pointers with the breeze in the first half, including a late brace from Fergal Boland.<\/p>\n

Rory Beggan\u2019s absence added to Monaghan\u2019s growing list as they fell to a fourth consecutive defeat of a trying league campaign.<\/p>\n

Despite Ryan O\u2019Donoghue blazing a penalty over the bar, Mayo led by 0-17 to 0-06 at half-time, courtesy of Boland\u2019s double-double, with Darragh Beirne, Jack Carney and Jordan Flynn also accounting for orange flags.<\/p>\n

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\nAidan O’Shea celebrates after scoring Mayo’s opening goal<\/p>\n

M\u00edche\u00e1l Bannigan kicked three first-half points for Monaghan, but they were left with an uphill task after Mayo\u2019s late flourish.<\/p>\n

Jack McCarron hit 1-02 within ten minutes of his introduction as Monaghan briefly threatened to close the gap, but Aidan O\u2019Shea\u2019s goal put a stop to that as Mayo fired in a flurry of scores midway through the half.<\/p>\n

Starlet McDonald was outstanding during that spell, with his personal highlights reel featuring a brilliantly-taken goal and a two-pointer into the breeze.<\/p>\n

Debutant Robbie Hanratty flicked to the net for Monaghan, but Mayo finished with another burst, ending with a remarkable tally of 2-30 from ten marksmen.<\/p>\n

Monaghan: Kian Mulligan; Ryan Wylie, Ryan Mohan, Cameron Dowd; Dessie Ward, Ryan O\u2019Toole, Daragh McElearney; M\u00edche\u00e1l McCarville (0-01), Gary Mohan; Ois\u00edn McGorman, Aaron Carey, Thomas Hughes; M\u00edche\u00e1l Bannigan (0-04, 1f), Andrew Woods (0-02, 1f), Stephen O\u2019Hanlon (0-02, 1tp).<\/p>\n

Subs: Jack McCarron (1-02, 1f) for McElearney (35); Robbie Hanratty (1-0) for Hughes (49); Karl Gallagher for G Mohan, Eddie Walsh for McGorman (both 56); Fion\u00e1n Carolan for Woods (66).<\/p>\n

Mayo: Rob Hennelly (0-01, \u201945); Enda Hession, Donnacha McHugh, Jack Coyne; Sam Callinan (0-01), Conor Loftus, Paddy Durcan (0-02); Bob Tuohy, David McBrien; Jordan Flynn (0-05, 1tp), Ryan O\u2019Donoghue (0-04, 1f, 1 pen), Jack Carney (0-02, 1tp); Darragh Beirne (0-5, 1tpf, 1f), Aidan O\u2019Shea (1-01), Fergal Boland (0-05, 2tp).<\/p>\n

Subs: Kobe McDonald (1-04, 1tp) for Beirne (52); Michael Plunkett for Loftus (54); Paul Towey for Carney, Se\u00e1n Morahan for Durcan (both 58); Stephen Coen for Boland (62).<\/p>\n

Referee: David Gough (Meath)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayo returned to winning ways in the NFL in emphatic fashion with a comprehensive win over Monaghan in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-311923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}