McDonald typifies the hunger of Maughan's 'young and ambitious'

Mayo 0-16 Tyrone 1-9

The signs were there to be seen all along, in Mayo's impressive run through Connacht and Tyrone's patchwork displays through Ulster and the qualifiers.

Certainly, in Croke Park on Saturday there was an inevitability about John Maughan's highly-organised team dismissing the champions and qualifying for the semi-final in style.