Mayo survive as Cork carried off on their shields

Mayo 0-27 Cork 2-20 (AET): It’s taken for granted now but Mayo feel compelled to remind us quite regularly that this is not a journey they’re on but an odyssey.

Stephen Rochford figures it more Robert Louis Stevenson than Homer – “Jekyll and Hyde” he considered this run through the qualifiers – but nobody can say they aren’t being entertained.

This shouldn’t have been such an epic encounter. They were seven points to the good 11 minutes into the second half – 0-14 to 0-7 – and six – 0-17 to 0-11 – with 15 minutes left in normal time. Their footballers were performing better. They were standing too as Cork’s were breaking down with injuries.