NFL DIVISION 2 TABLE

Meath Fermanagh Donegal Kildare Armagh Clare Cork Tipperary

P W D L 4 3 0 1 4 2 2 0 5 3 0 2 4 2 1 1 5 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 5 1 1 3 5 1 1 3

+/- Pts 14 6 5 6 -2 6 7 5 -1 4 0 3 -15 3 -8 3

breeze, with Mayo failing to score from play in almost 40 minutes.

Galway’s goal in the 25th minute came after a defencesplitting pass from Antaine O Laoi was won by the raiding Johnny Heaney, and Cummins (right) pounced to palm in the 16th goal of his inter-county career.

Down at the other end, all Mayo could muster were three frees from Jason Doherty and they failed to register a single score in the last 22 minutes of the half.

Galway boss Kevin Walsh also had to re-organise his troops during the second quarter after losing both Michael Daly and Barry Mchugh to black cards in quick succession. However, Mayo only managed to grab one point during the 10 minutes when they enjoyed the luxury of having two extra players on the field. It was a different story though in the second half as Mayo came roaring back into contention with the stiff breeze behind them. The home side rattled off seven points during the third quarter from Matthew Ruane, Darren Coen, substitute Andy Moran and free-taker Jason Doherty hit the target four times and his purple patch pegged Galway’s lead back to the bare minimum (1-8 to 0-10) with 55 minutes played.

However, crucially, Mayo were unable to draw level at any stage and Galway battened down the hatches to hold them scoreless for 20 minutes.

In the meantime, Galway rallied to land a hat-trick of scores from Shane Walsh frees to push them four points clear in stoppage-time.

Mayo refused to give in and both Diarmuid O’connor and Donie Vaughan picked off late scores, but Galway held out for a deserved win.

When the League resumes in a fortnight’s time, Mayo will travel to Tralee to take on league leaders Kerry while Galway welcome Roscommon to Salthill for another Connacht derby. MAYO: D Clarke; C Barrett, B Harrison, K Higgins; L Keegan, C Boyle, S Coen; M Ruane (0-1), D Vaughan (0-1); F Mcdonagh, A O’shea, D O’connor (0-1); J Durcan, D Coen (0-1), J Doherty (0-7, 6f). Subs used: K Mcloughlin for Durcan; A Moran (0-1, mark) for S Coen; B Reape for Mcdonagh. GALWAY: R Lavelle; E Kerin, SA Ó Ceallaigh, D Wynne; G O’donnell, J Daly, J Heaney (0-1); T Flynn, C Duggan; M Daly (0-1), D Cummins (1-2,1 mark), P Cooke; B Mchugh, S Walsh (0-5, 5fs), A Ó Laoi (0-2). Subs used: F O Laoi for Flynn; E Brannigan for Cummins; G Bradshaw for Mchugh; P Cunningham for A O Laoi. REFEREE: M Deegan

Cork 1-12 Tipperary 0-12