Relief the main emotion as Higgins looks to future

With a spot sealed in the pot for the All-Ireland quarter-final draw Mayo are well on the road to matching their 2011 exploits, but relief was the emotion experienced by rampaging corner-back Keith Higgins.

“If we had lost that we’d only have ourselves to blame, we had so many chances and to win is the main thing I suppose,” said Higgins.

“On that performance today we’ll have to bring it up another couple of levels, that won’t be good enough in an All-Ireland quarter-final. But if we can sharpen up on a few things in the next couple of weeks, get the same work-rate we had there, hopefully we’ll be in with a shout.”