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Aidan O'Shea tricks the referee into awarding Mayo a crucial penalty with blatant dive

And it ended Fermanagh’s summer.

MAYO SURVIVED A real scare in Castlebar this afternoon as they eventually saw off a spirited Fermanagh outfit – but they had a controversial decision to thank for decisively swinging the result in their favour.

Trailing by a point with six minutes remaining, Kevin McLoughlin launched a ball into the square, only for Aidan O’Shea to go down under the challenge of Che Cullen.

Referee Joe McQuillan pointed straight to the spot but replays clearly show there was little or no contact and O’Shea blatantly dived.

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Cillian O’Connor converted from the spot and the home side went onto record a 2-14 to 1-12 win and advance to the next round of the qualifiers.

Speaking to RTÉ afterwards, Fermanagh manager Pete McGrath expressed his frustration at the decision. He labelled it as ‘as an incredibly soft penalty’.

It’s fair to say that wasn’t Aidan O’Shea’s finest moment.

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    Sep 10th 2015, 1:42 PM

    He’s digging like a demented mole there!

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    Mute Sean Bradley
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    Sep 10th 2015, 1:19 PM

    That hit could of but him into ward 4…..

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    Sep 10th 2015, 1:24 PM

    I hope not, that’s a maternity ward..

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    Sep 10th 2015, 6:11 PM

    I “hit” a girl once, she ended up in ward 4 and now I’m paying child support.

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    Sep 10th 2015, 1:38 PM

    When you unlocked the secret teams after winning the World Cup,,Team Lomu!!!

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    Sep 10th 2015, 2:16 PM

    Laksanasongpong….with the kick

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    Sep 10th 2015, 3:03 PM

    The forwards are like a group of Sherman Tanks moving up the field!

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    Sep 10th 2015, 3:19 PM

    BUNCE!

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    Sep 10th 2015, 2:42 PM

    Zinzan Brooke!

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    Sep 10th 2015, 5:19 PM

    After that hit he going to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary!!

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    Sep 10th 2015, 1:19 PM

    Quality game loved it love to play it now god knows were it is in my parents home.

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    Sep 10th 2015, 1:23 PM

    ‘CORKERRRYYY’

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    Sep 10th 2015, 4:10 PM

    Absolutely quality game. Did anyone else have a thing against using hand offs? If only there was an online version!

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    Sep 10th 2015, 5:51 PM

    “like two cattle trucks in a shunting yard”

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    Sep 10th 2015, 2:30 PM

    Who’s da young lad at the end?

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    Sep 10th 2015, 10:05 PM

    When playing with Ireland vs New Zealand:

    Plan A: Tackle and get the ball to Simon Geoghegan.

    Plan B: Tackle and get the ball to Simon Geoghegan.

    Plan C: Tackle and get the ball to Simon Geoghegan.

    Plan D: Tackle and get the ball to Simon Geoghegan.

    Plan E: Tackle and get the ball to Simon Geoghegan.

    You get the idea…even if some of the fans won’t be happy with that…

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    Sep 10th 2015, 7:40 PM

    Theres a bit of yahoo going on there in the front row!!

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    Sep 10th 2015, 7:37 PM

    “UNDERWOOD!!!!”

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    Sep 10th 2015, 6:58 PM

    first time I heard of a grubber kick.

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    Sep 10th 2015, 4:01 PM

    The rugby league live 2 and 3 games are pretty sweet

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    Sep 10th 2015, 4:43 PM

    I was thinking of giving Rugby Union Manager a whirl before it all started :P
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/328830/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1

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    Sep 10th 2015, 9:50 PM

    Its in the App Store you know?

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    Sep 12th 2015, 1:45 AM

    i never lost a game of that in my life that Jonah Lomu game, although the most accurate rugby game i have ever played was Rugby world cup 2011 . that was class ..

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    Sep 17th 2015, 1:51 PM

    I’ve read reviews of the RWC 2015 game and it’s supposed to be absolute muck. Not even on a par with 2011 version. One to avoid apparently

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    Sep 10th 2015, 5:40 PM

    They’re like cattle trucks in a shunting yard!

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