Allianz Football League Division One<\/p>\n
Mayo 4-26 Roscommon 2-11<\/p>\n
By Colm Gannon at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park<\/p>\n
Mayo delivered a solid response to last weekend\u2019s disappointment in Tralee, producing a ruthless and energetic display in Castlebar to brush aside an understrength Roscommon by 21 points before a crowd just shy of 10,000.<\/p>\n
The home side had the contest firmly under their thumb long before the interval, hitting four first-half goals and dictating the terms of engagement everywhere that mattered.<\/p>\n
Early on it looked like a competitive derby was in store, with Mayo leading 0-5 to 0-2 after 18 minutes through scores from Aidan O\u2019Shea, Diarmuid Duffy, Ryan O\u2019Donoghue, Jack Livingstone and Cian McHale, while Ben O\u2019Carroll and Daire Cregg kept the visitors in touch.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Carroll then briefly levelled matters when he got the first goal of the day approaching the 20-minute mark\u2014but that was as good as it got for the Rossies as Mayo cut loose.<\/p>\n
Mayo\u2019s response was swift and emphatic, with the likes of Sam Callinan driving hem forward at every opportunity.<\/p>\n
Charlestown\u2019s Paul Towey pounced for their first goal finishing smartly from close range, then Jack Carney burst through to clip home the second after a superbly weighted pass over the top from O\u2019Donoghue.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Shea added further daylight on the half-hour, drilling Mayo\u2019s third past Conor Carroll under pressure, and when Sam Callinan was hauled down inside the square by Caelim Keogh. Mayo were awarded a penalty with half time approaching.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donoghue stepped up and hammered it to the net to send Mayo in at the break cruising at 4-11 to 1-5, supporters already casting an eye to how results elsewhere might fall and whether a league final berth was still possible \u2013 it was a position that Mayo occupied for much of the afternoon \u2013 until Kerry and Donegal did what was required for them.<\/p>\n
The second half followed much the same pattern. Mayo reeled off six unanswered points to open the period, keeping Roscommon penned in and moving the ball with impressive sharpness.<\/p>\n
Eoin Colleran netted a consolation goal after Ben O\u2019Carroll broke a long ball into his path, but by then the game had long drifted beyond any real doubt.<\/p>\n
Andy Moran was able to reintroduce both Tommy Conroy and Cillian O\u2019Connor, and the pair made the most of their minutes – each kicking two points, with O\u2019Connor booming over a fine effort from distance late on to round out Mayo\u2019s scoring.<\/p>\n
By full-time the result was never in question, but events elsewhere didn\u2019t fall Mayo\u2019s way as Donegal and Kerry did what they needed to, leaving the Green and Red just short of a return to the league decider.<\/p>\n
Scorers for Mayo: Ryan O\u2019Donoghue 1-4 (1-0 pen, 1m, 1f), Aidan O\u2019Shea 1-2, Jack Carney 1-2, Jordan Flynn 0-3, Cian McHale 0-3, Paul Towey 1-0, Tommy Conroy 0-2, Cillian O\u2019Connor 0-2 (1m), Hugh O\u2019Loughlin 0-2, Michael Plunkett 0-1, Jack Coyne 0-1, Frank Irwin 0-1, David McBrien 0-1, Jack Livingstone 0-1 (45), Diarmuid Duffy 0-1.<\/p>\n
Scorers for Roscommon: Daire Cregg 0-5 (1f, 1m), Eoin Colleran 1-1, Ben O\u2019Carroll 1-1, Shane Cunnane 0-1, Declan Kenny 0-1, Jack Duggan 0-1, Colm Neary 0-1.<\/p>\n
Mayo: Jack Livingstone; Jack Coyne (Capt), Rory Brickenden, Diarmuid Duffy; Sam Callinan, Michael Plunkett, Hugh O\u2019Loughlin; S\u00e9amus Howard, David McBrien; Jack Carney, Ryan O\u2019Donoghue, Jordan Flynn; Cian McHale, Aidan O\u2019Shea, Paul Towey.<\/p>\n
Subs: Cillian O\u2019Connor for O\u2019Shea; Tommy Conroy for Towey; Frank Irwin for Howard; John McMonagle for Plunkett; Kuba Callaghan for McHale; Sean Morahan for O\u2019Loughlin.<\/p>\n
Roscommon: Conor Carroll; Tim Lambe, Eoin McCormack, Niall Higgins; Colm Neary, Caelim Keogh, Robbie Dolan; Shane Cunnane, Conor Ryan; Paul Carey, Conor Hand, Ciar\u00e1n Lennon; Ben O\u2019Carroll, Daire Cregg, Cathal Heneghan.<\/p>\n
Subs: Pearse Frost for Lambe; Declan Kelly for Frost (BS); Eoin Colleran for Heneghan; Aaron Brady for Carroll; Rob Heneghan for Cregg; Jack Duggan for Lennon.<\/p>\n
Referee: Conor Lane (Cork).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allianz Football League Division One Mayo 4-26 Roscommon 2-11 By Colm Gannon at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park Mayo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-360368","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\/360368","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=360368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}