Mickey Harte defends ‘victim’ Sean Cavanagh

Mayo 0-13 Tyrone 0-12: The controversial dismissal of Tyrone legend Seán Cavanagh, and not the manner of Mayo’s progression to the last four of the Championship, dominated the post mortems in Croke Park on Saturday night.

The general consensus after this encounter was that Cavanagh was extremely unlucky to be sent off for a second yellow card in the 59th minute.

Certainly, that second one seemed desperately harsh, while the first came at the end of a tussle with his full-time shadow Lee Keegan, who was also cautioned, as the teams returned to the pitch before the second half.