Pride spurs on Maughan and O’Mahony

SUNDAY’S Connacht final once more brings together the two defining footballing personalities in the province over the past decade.

Both John O’Mahony and John Maughan have met on this road too often for yesterday’s press conference in Bank of Ireland centre to reveal anything out of the ordinary.

There was talk of both teams having an equal chance of winning from the opposing managers; light-hearted banter about how well the other team seem to be going in training, and a brief stumble into a sort of mutual appreciation society.