NFL Division: Mayo 2-17 Armagh 0-22
The young Mayo forward cut inside his man with 15 minutes left and switched onto his weaker foot to give himself a better angle. He was badly needed now, with the home side wobbling and their lead evaporating. Armagh had reeled off seven points in a row and were beating Mayo’s midfield up a stick. But the kid came with the killshot, twisting his man into a sailor’s knot and burying to the net.
No, not Kobe McDonald, although he played too. The finisher in question was 22-year-old Cian McHale, who ran up the full house of a goal, a point and a two-pointer. With the likes of Darragh Beirne, Tommy Conroy, Fergal Boland and Cillian O’Connor all missing, this was a good time for McHale to…