Stephen Rochford: Spirit in Mayo squad ‘second to none’

Mayo boss Stephen Rochford says the spirit within his squad is “second to none” ahead of the start of the new season.

Rochford was responding to questions in the wake of a recent interview by former Mayo joint managers Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes, who had claimed that the westerners’ All-Ireland title ambitions were being damaged by some “unchecked egos” in the Mayo panel.

Connelly and Holmes had also been extremely critical of a number of individual players, and had suggested that “outside influences” had become a distraction for some members in the squad.