Horan gets the call right as McQuillan to referee decider

As Mayo manager James Horan anticipated, Joe McQuillan has been appointed to referee Sunday week’s All-Ireland football final.

The Cavan man was in charge of Dublin and Mayo’s previous Championship clash, last year’s All-Ireland semi-final as well as their Division 1 semi-final in April.

Asked last week if he expected McQuillan to be handed the whistle for the decider as he was from a neutral province, Horan said: “There might be more pressure on the referee than any of the teams. More than likely it will be Joe if you look at the data.”