Christy O'Connor: Can Ballina strike a blow for Mayo club football?

If Ballina want to make a real statement in Connacht again, both for themselves and Mayo club football, they have the ideal opportunity to do so against Corofin in Pearse Stadium.

YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE: Ballina’s Sam Callinan and Danny Buckley of Fulham Irish. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie

GAA Talking Points

DOUBLE-JOBBING was never going to be an easy task for Stephen Rochford after he became Mayo manager in the autumn of 2015 but that brief didn’t become as difficult as initially envisaged.