Two goals from Carr as Mayo defeat Meath to top their group in Division 2

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Mayo 3-17
Meath 2-12

Colm Gannon reports from Castlebar

WITH BOTH SIDES already through to the semi-finals it was all about topping the group when Mayo and Meath met in MacHale Park.

Andy McAntee made eight changes to the side announced earlier in the week before throw-in, while Mayo made two alterations from their named 15.

James Horan’s men had this game put to bed by the half time break, when they went in leading 3-11 to 1-5.

James Carr rattled the back of the net twice in the first half, his second goal a real beauty coming just before the half time whistle, when he climbed high to win the ball before turning and firing it low past Harry Hogan.

Twenty-two minutes in he palmed the ball home from close range after being picked out by a Diarmuid O’Connor pass to get his day going on the scoreboard and followed that up with a long range point a minute later.

Meath were the first to hit the net when Bryan McMahon scored from close range after Robert Hennelly had saved a shot from David Dillon on the 15 minute mark to pull his side within two points at the first water break.

Mayo netted their first goal from the penalty spot just after the resumption when Cillian O’Connor slotted home a penalty after Bryan Walsh had been fouled on his way to goal. The Ballintubber man was quietly efficient in the first half finishing up with 1-4 to his name before the turn around and his withdrawal from the action.

Mayo’s Jordan Flynn and Joey Wallace of Meath.

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Both sides made a number of changes at the break, and Meath hit their second goal of the day on 41 minutes when Bryan Menton was played in down the right flank and powered the ball home at the near post.

But the game was slipping into a challenge game pace as both sides ran their benches with bigger challenges coming down the road for both.

Aidan O’Shea made his first appearance off the bench for Mayo this year and contributed a point not long after his introduction as did Michael Newman for Meath.

Both sides added on a few more scores before the end, but the outcome of the game was well decided at that stage.

Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea tackles Meath’s Seamus Lavin.

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Scorers for Mayo: James Carr 2-1, Cillian O’Connor 1-4 (1-0 pen, 0-2f, 0-1 mark), Paul Towey 0-3 (0-2f), Darren McHale, Matthew Ruane, Bryan Walsh 0-2 each, Fergal Boland, Michael Plunkett, Aidan O’Shea 0-1 each.

Scorers for Meath: Michael Newman, James Conlon 0-4 (0-3f) each, Bryan Menton, Bryan McMahon 1-0 each, Eamon Wallace 0-2, Jack Flynn, Jack O’Connor 0-1 each.

Mayo

1. Robert Hennelly (Breaffy)

2. Eoin O’Donoghue (Belmullet), 3. Oisin Mullin (Kilmaine), 4. Lee Keegan (Westport)

5. Michael Plunkett (Ballintubber), v6. Stephen Coen (Hollymount-Carramore), 7. Fergal Boland (Aghamore)

8. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy), 22. Jack Carney (Kilmeena)

9. Diarmuid O’Connor (Ballintubber), 11. Darren McHale (Knockmore), 12. Bryan Walsh (Ballintubber)

25. Ryan O’Donoghue (Belmullet), 14. Cillian O’Connor (Ballintubber), 15. James Carr (Ardagh)

Subs:

13. Paul Towey (Charlestown) for Cillian O’Connor

17. Colm Boyle (Davitts) for Keegan

21. Aidan O’Shea (Breaffy) for Carney

19. Eoghan McLaughlin (Westport) for Boland

24. Darren Coen (Hollymount-Carramore) for O’Donoghue

20. Jordan Flynn (Crossmolina Deel Rovers) for McHale

26. Tommy Conroy (The Neale) for Carr

Meath

1. Harry Hogan (Maigh Dearmhai)

2. Seamus Lavin (Dunboyne), 3. Conor McGill (Ratoath), 4. Eoin Harkin (Summerhill)

20. Jack O’Connor (Curraha), 23. Bryan McMahon (Ratoath), 5. Cathal Hickey (Seneschalstown)

8. Bryan Menton (Donaghmore-Ashbourne), 21. David Dillon (Navan O’Mahonys)

25. Eamon Wallace (Ratoath), 19. Jason Scully (Oldcastle), 17. Jack Flynn (Ratoath)

26. Joey Wallace (Ratoath), 11. Darragh Campion (Skryne), 24. James Conlon (Naomh Colmcille)

Subs

7. Donal Keogan (Rathkenny) for Hickey

6. Shane McEntee (St Peter’s Dunboyne) for McMahon

9. Padraic Harnan (Moynalvey) for Dillon

22. Danny Dixon (Bord an Mhuilinn) for Campion

15. Michael Newman (Kilmainham) for Scully

16. Liam Byrne (St Peter’s Dunboyne) for Hogan,

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Hannah Tyrrell named Player of the Month after sensational return to inter-county football

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IN-FORM DUBLIN FORWARD Hannah Tyrrell has scooped The Croke Park/LGFA Player of the Month award for May.

Tyrrell has enjoyed a sensational return to inter-county football over the past few weeks, establishing herself as a key figure for the Sky Blues after recently bringing the curtain down on a glittering Irish international rugby career.

With 3-22 to her name from four games, Irish rugby’s loss certainly has been Dublin football’s gain with the former international star taking to her Gaelic football roots once again like a duck to water.

The 30-year-old marked her comeback with 1-5 against Waterford at Parnell Park on 23 May, before clocking a hefty tally of 2-7 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh as Dublin beat Cork six days later.

Adding another dynamic to the All-Ireland champions’ already lethal attack, Tyrrell chipped in with three pointed frees against Tipperary in June, before she hit 0-7 (4f) in the Division 1 semi-final win over Mayo last weekend.

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Next up is the top-flight final against Cork at Croke Park on Saturday, 26 June, as Dublin look to win just a second-ever Division 1 crown, and Tyrrell looks to continue her electric form on the biggest stage.

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She is back in the Sky Blue fold for the first time since 2014, her international Sevens and 15s rugby career coming in the interim.

Now playing her club football with Na Fianna, having previously won an intermediate county championship with her native Round Towers, Clondalkin, Tyrrell is an All-Ireland U16 winning goalkeeper, and the holder of All-Ireland minor and Senior B titles.

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Tyrrell was also nominated for the first-ever PwC GPA Women’s Player of the Month in football award, though that was won by Cork stalwart Ciara O’Sullivan.

*BREAKING*@dublinladiesg's @HannahTyrrell21 is the @crokeparkhotel | LGFA Player of the Month for May🥇

Hannah scored 3-12 in two games against Waterford and Tipperary in May 🔥🏐@clgNaFianna @LeinsterLGFA https://t.co/LtcGDGg4Zl

— Ladies Football (@LadiesFootball) June 16, 2021