Mayo missing trio for league openers

MAYO boss James Horan may be without three players for the start of the Allianz Football League.

Two of his most experienced defenders, Trevor Mortimer and Tom Cunniffe, are both out of the country, while goalkeeper Robbie Hennelly picked up an injury playing for DCU in the O’Byrne Cup last weekend. The trio are unlikely to feature in Mayo’s opening games against Laois and All-Ireland champions Dublin on February 4 and 11.

Mortimer is in Africa on work-related business while Cunniffe is understood to be in the USA.