Mayo 'good at tactical fouling': Cork selector

Cork football selector Ronan McCarthy has described Mayo as "good at tactical fouling" ahead of the counties’ All-Ireland SFC quarter-final on Sunday.

“They’re an experienced, seasoned side and the term ‘streetwise’ has been used. How does that translate onto the field? I suppose it means that up front they’d be good at tactical fouling, the likes of Cillian O’Connor and Kevin McLoughlin are good scorers but they’re also key in terms of the little fouls they can commit in a game that go unnoticed but which stop a team’s momentum.

“A team like Cork, which tries to build quickly out from the back, if you can stop them eight or nine times, for instance, which would have happened up in Mayo in the league game with Cillian O’Connor several times without getting a yellow card . . . that can have an effect on a team, and they’re very good at it.