O’Sheas shut down source of Cork power

WHEN it gets to Croke Park, hunger isn’t an optional extra — it becomes the crucial ingredient that separates teams and makes the difference between progress and a season ending.

Notwithstanding Cork’s missing forwards, Mayo’s appetite for the battle yesterday was the ultimate arbiter in the All-Ireland quarter-final.

James Horan has instilled a real worth ethic into his squad and though they are hardly world-beaters, they played intelligent football, especially in the last quarter, for a team that hasn’t been in this position before.