Sean Hayes: Mistakes were made but that’s life

Conducting his interview outside a jubilant Mayo dressing room having just congratulated the new All-Ireland champions, Cork manager Sean Hayes cut a magnanimous and proud figure.

His side had carefully cultivated a four-points lead against the wind before they were hit for 2-1 in first-half additional time and even recovered from a third goal seven minutes into the second half.

“We gave seven points in about three minutes, but I thought in fairness they battled back at the start of the second half when another team would have just dropped the heads,” said Hayes.