Mayo 'disappointed' to miss out on Cork clash

MAYO County Board secretary, Sean Feeney, revealed yesterday that Pat Holmes' side would prefer to be meeting Cork, rather than Tipperary, in tomorrow's Bank of Ireland All-Ireland SFC qualifier at Cusack Park, Ennis.

“To be honest we are quite disappointed that we didn’t get Cork. We were quite looking forward to playing them because we find it much easier to lift our game when the opposition is strongest,” said Feeney.

Former star wing back John Finn concurred. “Our defence is quite solid and I think the bigger the name of the opposition the better it plays as a unit.