Magnificent Mayo come good to dethrone Galway
Monday April 10 2006
Galway 1-5
ALL-IRELAND and Connacht champions Galway surrendered their U-21 titles when they lost to Mayo in the provincial final at McHale Park on Saturday.
Despite Galway taking the lead in the opening minute they wasted a succession of chances ending up with seven wides in the first half, doing this with the breeze behind them.
Mayo took a 0-7 to 0-2 lead into the break with Michael Conroy, Joe Dillon and Marcus Hannick contributing to their effort.
They built on their lead in the second half and were ahead by 0-14 to 0-4 before Galway's Fiachra Breathnach struck back with a goal.
But Mayo's Trevor Howley and Keith Higgins - who have already shone at senior level - were really on top of things at the back and dealt with anything that came their way. In the end Mayo ran out comfortable winners.
MAN OF THE MATCH - Keith Higgins (Mayo)
SCORERS - Mayo 1-15 : M Conroy 0-4, J Dillon 0-3, A Campbell, A Kilcoyne, M Hannick 0-2 each, M Ronaldson, C Barrett 0-1 each. Galway 1-5 : F Breathnach 1-0, T Costello 0-2, S Armstrong 0-2, N Colman 0-1.
MAYO - K O'Malley; T Howley, G Cafferkey, K Higgins; C Barrett, T Conniffe, C Boyle; S O'Shea, B Moran; A Campbell, J Dillon, A Kilcoyne; M Ronaldson, M Hannick, M Conroy. Subs: K Costello for Dillon, S Ryder for Kilcoyne.
GALWAY - P Skelly; P Gleeson, F Hanley, R McTiernan; A Glynn, G Bradshaw, C Bane; N Colman, C Blake; N Coyne, F Breathnach, B Lee; T Costello, S Armstrong, B Faherty. Subs: A Pender for Gleeson, G Rogan for McTiernan, F Burke for Costello, A Geraghty for Faherty.
REF - M Duffy (Sligo)
