Galway 1-14 Mayo 0-16
The usual spice. What makes this border rivalry predictable in its enduring fascination is the most basic fact: if one crowd doesn’t win it, then the other will. James Horan had enjoyed a perfect record against Galway over the past decade, six from six, but in what was a brave and convincing second half performance, Pádraic Joyce’s team demonstrated that they had absorbed a series of bitter truths learned against Mayo. This could be the making of them.
The build-up to this game was subdued given that both counties had all but been handed revised ratings by Moody’s after their league final disappointments. That didn’t stop 24,557 showing up for a game that, while never a classic, settled into a gripping power struggle between the landed gentry of the West.
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- April 25, 2022
