James Horan admires Mayo players' focus after turbulent week of Covid worries

Mayo Manager James Horan: 'Preparation was difficult, some of the stuff we had to do was incredible'. Picture: INPHO/Tommy Dickson

Long after yesterday’s lop-sided Connacht championship semi-final is forgotten about and consigned to the history books and the realm of forgotten things, Mayo’s players and backroom team will remember the days leading up to the game.

After watching his team put Leitrim to the sword by 25 points (just four points short of their record win in the provincial series in 1949), James Horan described the build-up to the match as ‘different’ and ‘difficult’ due to Covid-19 issues in the Mayo camp.