Mayo bid to end 10-year replay hex
It is the county’s third replay in as many SFC seasons but they have to go back to their 2006 All-Ireland quarter-final against Laois for their last replay victory. Laois led by two with two minutes of normal time remaining of the drawn game but it was Conor Mortimer who sent over the equaliser in additional time. In the replay, Mortimer and Alan Dillon were to the fore in keeping Mick O’Dwyer’s side at arm’s length.
In the 30 years between Dublin and Mayo’s 1985 All-Ireland semi-final replay and last year’s equivalent, Dublin have played two more replays than their final opponents, three coming in 1991 during their epic Leinster preliminary round saga with Meath.
