Castlebar Mitchels 'didn't want to be another Mayo stat'

Declan O’Reilly acknowledged the unfortunate reality for his Castlebar Mitchels team that their Croke Park collapse will ultimately go down as just “another Mayo stat”.

Mayo teams have a notoriously poor record in Croke Park finals and Castlebar, much to everyone’s surprise having entered as considerable favourites, made sure that status quo was preserved.

Another statistic jumped out from the occasion; back in 2014 when Castlebar lost the final to St Vincent’s, they actually led by a point after 43 minutes before succumbing to the majesty of Diarmuid Connolly.