A game delayed by two weeks because of the death of his fiancee is decided by the Mayo forward’s coolness under pressure, sparking hugely emotional scenes in Croke Park
After a fortnight of tragedy, Conor Loftus slots a last-minute penalty to win Crossmolina the All-IrelandBattling Kilkenny do enough to edge out Clare despite slow start in Ennis
Loftus still had to do the needful. The Mayo forward has had the worst fortnight of his life and nobody would have held it against him had he not played the final, much less passed up the crucial penalty. But he slotted it home with no fuss and when the full-time whistle went soon after, his team-mates flooded to him. Loftus took their hugs and then ran down the tunnel, leaving everyone else to the celebrations.
Elsewhere, the far more daily-bread matters of getting the leagues up and going mostly survived the absolutely cat weather. While Kerry v Donegal was called off in the football league, Kilkenny went to Clare and nailed a 0-23 to 0-21 win in Division 1A of the hurling league. Mossy Keoghan was in terrific form for the visitors, whipping five points from play as Kilkenny recovered from a slow start to see it out.
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