Counihan annoyed with “listless” Cork

MAYO’S springtime endeavours have not been in vain, after all.

They travelled south yesterday aware of the bracing reality that an early season packed with promise could come to an abrupt end. Ultimately, though, they took care of business, resisting possible favours from elsewhere with a wholly competent performance to breeze through to the NFL Division 1 decider in a fortnight.

In that Croke Park showpiece they will collide once more with Cork, the side they dismissed at a sun-soaked Páirc Uí Chaoimh yesterday.