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18th May 2025
06:51pm BST
Cavan defeated Mayo at MacHale Park at Castlebar this afternoon, by a score of 1-17 to 1-14 in their opening game of the All-Ireland round robin stage.
It now leaves Mayo with a bit of mountain to climb if they want to make the quarter-finals, with Tyrone and Ulster champions Donegal also in their group.
One stat in particular summed up how monumental the win was, and that was the fact that it was Cavan's first championship win over Mayo since 1948.
Mayo: C Reape; J Coyne, D McHugh, S Callinan; S Coen (0-04), D McBrien, E Hession; D Thornton (0-01), M Ruane (0-02); D Neary, J Carney, J Flynn; A O'Shea (1-00), D McHale (0-01), R O'Donoghue (0-05, 2fs, 1tpf).
Subs used:F Kelly for Carney (55); P Towey for Neary (58); P Durcan for Hession (59); F Boland (0-01) for Flynn (58); F Irwin for McHale (70).
Cavan: L Brady; C Reilly (0-01), R O'Connell, N Carolan; K Brady, C Brady (0-01), P Faulkner (0-01); B Donnelly, E Crowe; G Smith (1-00), D McVeety (0-01), O Kiernan (0-04, 1tp); C O'Reilly (0-04), R Donohoe, S McEvoy.
Subs used: C Madden (0-03, 1f) for Donnelly (14, inj); O Brady for McEvoy (26, inj); P Lynch (0-01) for Donohoe (56); L Fortune for C Brady (68); R O'Neill for O'Reilly (68), L Molloy for Crowe (70) Referee: P Faloon (Down)
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