Ronan McCarthy: Invaluable lessons mean Cork will gain from the pain

Where does one even begin when analysing a game that had so much packed into 90 pulsating minutes, asks Ronan McCarthy.

Injuries, black cards, controversial wides, outstanding individual displays, a premature final whistle; this game had it all.

Mayo had been involved in an epic match in Limerick in 2014 with the All-Ireland SFC semi-final replay against Kerry but few travelling down from the West of Ireland could have anticipated another game of similar stature in the Gaelic Grounds on Saturday evening.