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Mayo shift Galway off the grid

Just after the half-time whistle blew in Pearse Stadium, as all the players rushed into the dressing room, Galway goalkeeper Conor Gleeson made his way down to the eastern side of the ground to begin preparing for the second half. Gleeson knows Pearse Stadium better than anybody but the breeze was so strong that he spent a handful of minutes practising his restarts into that gust.