Mayo bounce back to beat Tyrone in All-Ireland group stage

Mayo bounced backmost from an opening time conclusion to daze Tyrone 2-17 to 1-13 successful their All-Ireland round-robin gathering successful Omagh.

Ryan O'Donaghue apical scored for nan visitors pinch 1-6 including a second-half punishment while Darren McHale grabbed nan different Mayo extremity aft nan first-half hooter had blown.

Stephen Rochford took complaint of Mayo for nan crippled aft head Kevin McStay confirmed earlier successful nan week that he was stepping backmost from his domiciled for nan contiguous early to woody pinch immoderate individual wellness issues.

Tyrone came into this 1 arsenic favourites aft their triumph complete Ulster champions Donegal successful Ballybofey 7 days agone while Mayo had opened pinch a location conclusion to Cavan a fortnight ago.

The quality successful turnaround times for some sides whitethorn person been a facet arsenic nan visitors dominated nan hosts, who looked level passim and struggled connected their ain restarts.

Mayo led 0-6 to 0-2 midway done nan first half pinch Rory Brickenden and Ryan O'Donaghue amongst nan scorers, but their lead could person been greater arsenic nan trim nan Tyrone defence unfastened connected aggregate occasions pinch O'Donaghue and Aidan O'Shea coming adjacent to goals.

The Red Hands would spell 13 and past 12 minutes without registering a people during nan first half pinch efforts from Ben McDonnell and Darragh Canavan stopping nan rot.

But it was Mayo who would lead by 8 astatine nan break (1-9 to 0-4), aft scoring a precocious goal.

They held possession for complete 3 minutes earlier nan hooter sounded and Bob Tuohy past had a changeable connected extremity which was spilled by Niall Morgan successful nan Tyrone goal, allowing McHale to sprout into nan quiet net.

Malachy O'Rourke's broadside needed a consequence successful nan 2nd half and sewage conscionable that pinch a quickfire 1-2, Darragh Canavan finishing disconnected a good individual extremity earlier O'Donaghue and Darren McCurry, who took 49 minutes to registry a score, exchanged efforts.

Morgan came guardant and nailed a agelong scope free from two-point scope to trim nan spread to conscionable a azygous constituent and erstwhile it looked Tyrone had nan precocious hand, Mayo replied pinch an unanswered 1-4.

Their 2nd extremity came from nan punishment spot aft referee David Coldrick adjudged that Ciaran Quinn had pushed Davitt Neary wrong nan box.

O'Donaghue stepped up and sent Morgan nan incorrect way, atoning for his punishment miss successful nan 2021 All-Ireland decider betwixt nan sides to seal triumph for nan Connacht men.

That consequence blows Group One wide open, pinch Mayo taking connected Donegal successful a fortnight's clip while Tyrone look Cavan pinch all-four counties having a existent chance of advancing beyond nan group stage.

Tyrone: N Morgan (0-4 2 2ptf); C Quinn, P Teague, N Devlin; M McKernan (0-1), R Brennan, K McGeary (0-1); B McDonnell (0-1), C Kilpatrick; S O'Donnell, M Donnelly (0-1), C Daly; D McCurry (0-2 1f), M Bradley, D Canavan (1-3 2f).

Subs: Liam Gray for S O'Donnell (HT), Shea O'Hare for R Brennan (HT), Peter Harte for M Bradley (48), Ruairi Canavan for C Daly (48), Aodhan Donaghy for B McDonnell (62)

Mayo: C Reape (0-1 1f); J Coyne (0-1), S Morahan, R Brickenden 0-2); S Coen, D McBrien, E Hession; P Durcan (0-3), M Ruane; J Carney (0-1), D McHale (1-0), B Tuohy; A O'Shea (0-1), C Dawson (0-2), R O'Donaghue (1-6 5f, 1 pen).

Subs: Jordan Flynn for B Tuohy (52), Davitt Neary for D McHale (52), Fenton Kelly for C Dawson (57), Fergal Boland for M Ruane (65), Sam Callinan for P Durcan (67).