Rochford: Lack of Loftus game-time down to form and tactics

DILUTED ROLE: Shane Walsh of Galway in action against Conor Loftus of Mayo. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Stephen Rochford has explained form and tactics were reasons why converted defender Conor Loftus didn’t see any game-time in Mayo’s last two championship games.

Having started and finished the previous four championship matches as well as the Division 1 final win over Galway, the Crossmolina man was dropped for the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final game against Galway and quarter-final defeat to Dublin and made no appearance from the bench in either fixture.