Proud Exiles count cost of errors

It was a day of tasteful touches.

When London trotted out on to the MacHale Park pitch at about 1.40pm yesterday the entire crowd rose to its feet and applauded their summer thus far. Andy Moran matched that later with his acceptance speech.

The normal practice for a winning captain is to ask for three cheers for the vanquished foe at the back end of the presentation but Mayo’s captain front-loaded his with praise for their opponents.