Moran keeping faith in the cause

He says not hugely religious but when Andy Moran’s sister came home from a trip to Lourdes last week with a special wristband for him, he couldn’t help but wish she had done it a month earlier.

In the playmaker role in Mayo’s quarter-final win over Down, he was on his way to collecting the man-of-the-match award until the 50th minute. Chasing Liam Doyle down the wing, his foot got caught in the turf and his season was over.

The cruciate was gone and so was his season. Coming just six months after he made his comeback from a broken leg picked up at International Rules trials, he would have been forgiven for feeling angry at a higher power.