Mayo claimed their second Connacht title in succession when they stormed back in the second half at Croke Park on Sunday, beating Galway by six points. The team's uncertain first half display contrasted greatly with a dominant second half performance, creating several talking points from this novel Nestor Cup decider, the first to be decided at GAA HQ in almost a century.

In this episode of the Mayo News football podcast, we review Sunday's pulsating Connacht decider. Billy Joe Padden hosts the show and he's joined by Edwin McGreal of the Mayo News and by John Gunnigan of the Mayo GAA Blog.

The lads chat about the occasion itself, one that saw Mayo and Galway supporters being able to attend a match in large numbers for the first time since the Covid pandemic hit. They discuss how the provincial final was won and lost, what Mayo did well and not so well and how they were able to turn things around after the break.

We also hear the post-match thoughts of Martin Carney, with whom Mike Finnerty caught up at Croke Park after the final whistle had sounded. 

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Experimenting with new players while retaining our Division One status was widely accepted to be James Horan's brief for his first National League campaign back as Mayo manager. He managed those twin aims fairly well over the seven games, so much so that we're now looking at a widening pool of playing talent from which to pick a starting fifteen for the Championship and it also means that, this coming Sunday, we've got a League Division One decider against Kerry to look forward to.

In this bonus episode of the Mayo News football podcast we preview Sunday's National League final. Co-hosts Rob Murphy and John Gunnigan of the Mayo GAA Blog are joined by Mayo News Sports Editor Mike Finnerty to chat about Sunday's big game and what it means for the county to be in it.

Rob then speaks with Mayo News columnist Billy Joe Padden who considers the importance of Sunday's final from the perspective of the players and who gives his thoughts on which county may have the greater drive to succeed on the day.  After that Rob goes behind opposition lines, welcoming back onto the podcast Tralee-based Mayoman Maurice Horan, who gives us plenty of insight into how they're thinking about this final down in Kerry and who speculates about how the Kingdom might line out at Croke Park.

Rounding of this bonus preview edition, Mike provides an update on the position regarding injuries in the Mayo squad ahead of the big game.

This latest edition of the Mayo News football podcast is now online and is available to listen to on iTunes and SoundCloud. You can also listen to it directly on the Mayo News website and on the Mayo GAA Blog.

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