David Clifford and Seán O’Shea came on at half-time with their team trailing by 11 points
Mayo had got their noses in front and then everything else too: James Carr was electric, finishing with 1-3, one of seven different scorers on the night, each as impressive as the next. Aidan O’Shea didn’t score, only played a hand in several, one of his best February shows in quite some time.
When Mayo went 13 points up – and that’s no misprint – early in the second half, Carr adding two from play in succession, it was already their night, Jordan Flynn scoring three from play in the first half, Ryan O’Donoghue playing his best football in that half too, like Carr finishing with 1-3.
Kerry already looked gently stunned. They’d soon be seriously so. Darragh Roche’s free after 11 minutes, their first score, was doubled after he scored from play three minutes later, before Mayo started playing in wild bursts of brilliance. They kicked on from there, O’Shea the provider again with a sensational kick-pass to O’Donoghue, who duly converted the mark, and when O’Connor scored from play Mayo were up by 11 points, 2-7 to 0-2. Tony Brosnan got one back for Kerry, only for Flynn to hit his third from play and restore Mayo’s advantage to 11 at the break, 2-8 to 0-3.
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