Happy Horan believes hard work finally paying off

James Horan hailed Mayo’s All-Ireland quarter-final win over Donegal as a day when all their hard work paid off.

He acknowledged the opposition were flat and denied hurt from last September’s final was a factor in the victory but commended his men for a thoroughly professional job.

“We’re delighted with that performance, delighted to play like that in an important game. All the stuff that we’ve worked on, our skills, our tackling, our movement and a lot of the basics of the game that we’ve put a lot of effort into this year came though today.”