Inside Track with John McIntyre

The trend has been unmistakable over recent years. When it comes down to the home stretch in tight Connacht championship matches between Galway and Mayo, there is only going to be one winner as underlined in front of over 27,000 spectators at MacHale Park in Castlebar on Sunday.

In the clutch moments of these matches, Mayo have a killer habit of buckling. They had enough chances to break Galway’s stranglehold on the province on Sunday, but poor finishing came back to haunt them, with Jordan Flynn and substitute Paul Towey the main culprits in a thrilling battle for supremacy.

Eight points down at the interval having surprisingly opted to face the wind, Mayo had drawn........

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