Aidan O’Shea may delay 2016 return for Mayo

Aidan O’Shea revealed he may not return to training with Mayo until February.

The two-time All Star will also line out for his employers Allergan in a Connacht inter-firms final on Thursday but intends taking a substantial break thereafter.

He hasn’t ruled out missing Mayo’s Division 1 opener away to Cork at the end of January. “I’ll take down time now. I’m going to London next weekend, I’m going to New York for a few days and then I won’t go back training until mid-January. I need to look after the body and make sure I try and put in a good performance next year.” Apart from acknowledging “all roads lead to Rochy (Stephen Rochford)”, O’Shea was tightlipped on the appointment of a Mayo manager. On the matter of making amends for Ireland’s defeat to Australia in Perth 12 months’ ago, the 25-year-old was more expansive. They couldn’t afford to be as slow out of the blocks again.