Late goal rush helps Mayo past Galway and into Connacht MFC final
A scintillating second half performance by Mayo saw them book their ticket to the Connacht Minor Football Championship decider, after they beat Galway by nine points in sun-kissed Castlebar on Friday evening. A terrific display of two-point shooting by Conor Hession allied with goals by Tony Carey and substitute Rhys Neary helped the Green and Red outscore the visitors 2-11 to 0-7 after half-time.
Galway held a one-point advantage at half-time but it's an advantage that will have disappointed them given they had played with a stiff breeze. A trio of two-pointers from play by Cian Hynes, Andrew Kehoe and Barry Keating had helped the Tribesmen into a 0-8 to 0-3 lead but while Mayo had been wasteful thus far, a 26th minute goal by Oran Murphy – the only one of four goal chances converted by Mayo in the opening half – papered over some of those cracks.
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