Enda McGinley: More solid look to McStay's Mayo now

And while Mayo will be disappointed that they didn't manage the closing seconds of their Hyde Park clash with Dublin and see out the win, Enda McGinley is getting a "more solid sense" from Kevin McStay's side this year compared to 2023.

Dublin needed a last-gasp point from Cormac Costello to snatch a draw at the Roscommon town venue, a result that saw them top Group 2 in the All-Ireland round-robin ahead of Mayo, who now must prepare for a preliminary All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Derry next weekend.

Kevin McStay's team looked set to pull off a big upset when the outstanding Ryan O’Donoghue converted a free three minutes into added-time to give the Westerners the lead. At that moment they looked set to top the section.

But Dublin swept downfield from Stephen Cluxton’s resultant restart and Jack McCaffrey set up the influential Costello for his seventh point, which levelled the match for the 12th and final time. The Dubs are heading back to Croker then for a last-eight clash in a fortnight's time.

Reflecting on those final few seconds when the Green and Red got their noses in front, McGinley told the RTÉ GAA Podcast that "Mayo lacked Dublin's cynicism in dealing with that last play".

A case of doing what has to be done from the resulting kick out.

The Tyrone All-Ireland winner continued: "Dublin done it an All-Ireland final years ago (2017). It was stopped, it wasn't pretty, but it was stopped. It was a crucial, crucial thing."

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