Favourites’ tag holds no bother for Castlebar Mitchels

The bookmakers may have installed Castlebar Mitchels as odds-on favourites to win their first All-Ireland Club football title today, but the Mayo champions are not overburdened by that weight of expectation.

“I don’t have a concern [about being favourites], it’s just another facet that we have to deal with,” says joint manager Declan O’Reilly.

“We’ve already discussed it, there’s a reason that we’re favourites, it’s because of the manner we’ve got here. It’s because of the teams we’ve beaten and the way we’ve played. That brings us to an All-Ireland final as favourites.