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\nR\u00f3is\u00edn Leonard (R) gets Galway on the move<\/p>\n
Galway booked their place in the TG4 All-Ireland semi-finals and a showdown with Armagh, after a comprehensive 17-point victory over neighbours Mayo in Tuam Stadium on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
A very even opening half saw the sides go in level at the break on a 0-6 to 1-3 scoreline with Mayo having played with the wind. Mayo’s Aoife Staunton opened the scoring for the visitors with a point, before the home side scored three on the bounce. Olivia Divilly (0-02, one free) and Kate Slevin got the scoreboard ticking for the Tribeswomen.<\/p>\n
Lisa Cafferky kept Mayo in touch with a converted free, before Niamh Divilly sent over an impressive point over her shoulder. A Sin\u00e9ad Cafferky free reduced the margin to one before Mayo struck for the game\u2019s first goal.<\/p>\n
A short Galway kickout went astray before Mayo worked the ball to Sin\u00e9ad Walsh, who fired to the net. Frees from R\u00f3is\u00edn Leonard and Olivia Divilly had Galway level by half-time, while Mayo also lost Hannah Reape to a sin bin shortly before the interval.<\/p>\n
\nR\u00f3is\u00edn Leonard (R) gets Galway on the move<\/p>\n
Playing with the aid of the wind in the second half, the home side wasted little time in asserting themselves as they hit 1-06 without reply. Kate Thompson (0-03, one two-pointer), Slevin (0-02), and Olivia Divilly landed good scores, while Slevin finished a goal from close range after a Mayo kickout went astray.<\/p>\n
The visitors replied with two pointed frees from Staunton before Eva Noone brought Galway\u2019s tally to 1-13 with an impressive effort. Lisa Cafferky soon got her second free which turned out to be Mayo\u2019s final score of the game.<\/p>\n
The home side finished in impressive fashion with an unanswered 1-07.<\/p>\n
Olivia Divilly (0-04, one free), Slevin with a two-pointer, and Shauna Hynes sent over impressive points from a variety of angles and distances. A shot from Niamh Divilly was not controlled by Mayo goalkeeper Laura Brennan before the inrushing Thompson flicked the ball to the net.<\/p>\n
Overall, Mayo will rue a poor second half where the contest ran away from them, but Galway\u2019s superiority was emphatic on the day.<\/p>\n
Galway: L O\u2019Halloran; K Geraghty, S N\u00ed Loinsigh, B Quinn; H Noone, N Ward, E Power; N Divilly (0-01), S Divilly; E Noone (0-01), K Slevin (1-05), K Thompson (1-03); L Coen, R Leonard (0-01f), O Divilly (0-08, 3fs)<\/p>\n
Subs: C Trill for Power (47), L Noone for Leonard (47), L Ward for N Divilly (52), S Hynes (0-01) for E Noone (54), A Molloy for H Noone (55)<\/p>\n
Mayo: L Brennan; L Wallace, S El Massry, I Phillips; H Reape, T Needham, L Hanley; A Geraghty, M Reilly; S Cafferky (0-02, 2fs), F McHale, A Staunton (0-03, 2fs); S Walsh (1-00), C Keane, L Cafferky (0-01)<\/p>\n
Subs: F Collins for McHale (41), M Delaney for El Massry (45), S Tuohy for Reilly (48), K Doherty for Keane (52), A Kennedy for Hanley (52)<\/p>\n
Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Galway booked their place in the TG4 All-Ireland semi-finals and a showdown with Armagh, after a comprehensive 17-point…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-534637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534637","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=534637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}