A brand new-look New York facet have been not able to compare their heroics towards Leitrim a 12 months previous and, in spite of their very best efforts, they have been 2d very best from begin to end towards Kevin McStay’s seasoned fees.
Ace attacker Ryan O’Donoghue produced a person of the fit efficiency, taking pictures 1-13 (together with 1-4 from open play) whilst Aidan O’Shea marked his eighty fifth championship look (a brand new Mayo document) with an outstanding show.
New York supervisor Alan O’Mara was once simplest in a position to name on 3 of the avid gamers who began ultimate 12 months’s memorable penalty shoot-out victory because of a mix of retirements, paintings commitments, re-locations and accidents.
In truth, the Exiles have been down a complete of 17 avid gamers from ultimate 12 months’s squad.
But in spite of trailing at half-time by means of 12 issues (1-11 to 0-2), New York’s heads by no means dropped and two excellent 2d half of objectives from Frank O’Reilly and Jamie Boyle have been not more than they deserved.
A capability crowd became out and as soon as Ryan O’Donoghue hit the New York internet in the twenty first minute, Kevin McStay’s workforce appeared set for a win which assists in keeping them not off course for a shot at a primary provincial identify win since 2021.
Mayo attempted to take complete good thing about the host’s inexperience from the throw-in, enjoying with tempo, pace and depth.
This resulted in Ryan O’Donoghue giving New York’s defence a torrid time and the All Star attacker had racked up 1-9 by means of the wreck.
O’Donoghue (loose) and Killian Butler traded rankings in the hole mins sooner than Mayo upped the ante to guide by means of 0-5 to 0-1 by means of the top of the primary quarter.
Then got here the sport’s first watershed second as Butler’s try to lob Mayo goalkeeper, Colm Reape, sailed simply inches over the crossbar.
Within seconds Ryan O’Donoghue fired the ball previous Joey Grace on the different finish for the primary inexperienced flag of the day on 21 mins.
The guests proceeded to shoot six issues with out answer sooner than the wreck as they seized the initiative, 5 from the prolific O’Donoghue and a neat ranking at the run from Jack Carney.
A sensational function from Meath local Frank O’Reilly in the forty seventh minute — after he cracked an unstoppable shot into the roof of the Mayo internet — were given one of the most largest cheers of the day.
And even if the winners answered impressively with issues from Ryan O’Donoghue (loose), Darren McHale and Fergal Boland, New York persisted to pressure ahead.
They have been rewarded with a 2d function from captain Jamie Boyle in the fiftieth minute, however the ebb and go with the flow nature of the sport persisted when Cillian O’Connor transformed a penalty a minute later on the different finish.
The groups persisted to business rankings till the overall whistle with the pick out of them coming from Paul Towey, Jack Carney, Frank O’Reilly and Mikey Brosnan.
Mayo: C Reape; J Coyne, R Brickenden, S Callinan; P Durcan (0-1), S Coen, E McLaughlin; D McBrien, M Ruane; B Tuohy, F Boland (0-1), J Carney (0-2); A O’Shea (0-1, 1f), T Conroy, R O’Donoghue (1-13, 9fs). Subs: C O’Connor 7 (1-1, 1-0pen) for Tuohy; D McHale 7 (0-1) for McBrien; P Towey 7 (0-1) for Conroy; E Hession (N/A) for Coen; M Plunkett for McLaughlin; C Hunt (N/A) for Durcan.
New York: J Grace; S Bolger, J Boyle (1-0), T O’Riordan; S Brosnan, C O’Dea, R Wharton (0-1); J Walsh, E O Conghaile; T Mathers, F O’Reilly (1-2, 1 mark), P Lillis; S Reilly, M Argue, Ok Butler (0-2). Subs: L Kearney 7 for Reilly; J Ajani 6 for S Brosnan; I Ilunga 6 for Bolger (inj); A Loughlin Stones (N/A) for Mathers; M Brosnan 6 (0-1) for Argue.
Referee: M McNally (Monaghan)