Believe the hype and hope around Mayo’s attacking threat

By the time the final whistle blew in Portlaoise last Sunday afternoon, the landscape of this season’s Super 8s was finally set.

Cavan crumbled to a re-energised Tyrone, Cork continued their strong run of form with an impressive dismantling of an outclassed Laois, and Meath fell over the line against a Clare side who never once took a backward step.