Mortimer ready for final exam of a different kind

TREVOR MORTIMER spent most of his weeks during this year’s league studying in Leeds, but it was still a shock to line out against Tyrone last March alongside what was almost a bunch of strangers.

Mickey Harte’s team hadn’t been beaten in Healy Park in five years and, as Mortimer surveyed some of the fresh faces in green and red, something told him this wasn’t the day when all that would change.

On the flight back to Yorkshire early the next morning, the 24-year old forward was still coming to terms with a two-point win for Mayo that no one - especially the bookies - had expected.