TWO RECENT CHAMPIONS will clash at the quarter-final stage of the Mayo senior football championship after the last eight draw was made this afternoon.
The identity of the eight quarter-finalists was confirmed after the group stage games concluded yesterday.
Castlebar Mitchels, the champions in 2013 and 2015, will take on Ballaghaderreen, who lifted the title in 2012. The game will see Mayo team-mates like Barry Moran and Patrick Durcan up against Andy Moran. Castlebar Mitchels have been a strong force in recent years, contesting the 2014 and 2016 All-Ireland senior club finals.
Elsewhere last year’s beaten finalists Breaffy – who have the three O’Shea brothers and Robert Hennelly in their ranks – will face Crossmolina.
2014 winners Ballintubber – the club of Cillian and Diarmuid O’Connor and Alan Dillon – have been paired with Garrymore.
The last quarter-final will be contested by Knockmore and Aghamore with county seniors like Kevin McLoughlin and Brendan Harrison all in action here.
The intermediate quarter-finals will involve key Mayo senior players like Lee Keegan (Westport) and Jason Doherty (Burrishoole) while Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis), Stephen Coen (Hollymount-Carramore) and Donal Vaughan (Ballinrobe) will all be involved in senior relegation playoffs.
Mayo Senior Football Championship
Quarter-finals
Castlebar Mitchels v Ballaghaderreen
Breaffy v Crossmolina
Ballintubber v Garrymore
Knockmore v Aghamore
Semi-finals
Castlebar Mitchels/Ballaghaderreen v Ballintubber/Garrymore
Breaffy/Crossmolina v Knockmore/Aghamore
Relegation Playoffs
Ballyhaunis v Claremorris
Hollymount-Carramore v Ballinrobe
Mayo Intermediate Football Championship
Quarter-Finals
Westport v Moy Davitts
Islandeady v Burrishoole
Belmullet v Shrule-Glencorrib
Kiltimagh v The Neale
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No Wayne Barnes thankfully !!!
Dont speak so soon. Have the quarter final refs been announced yet? I have a feeling we will win our group and get Barnes as ref for our quarter final which would probably be against Argentina. Winner would probably play England. This is the game I do not want Barnes any where near.
Don’t want Barnes on any game!!! Lol
He’s assistant ref 1 for the French match so he’ll go out of his way to interfere in some way…sans doute..!!!
I’m also glad we’ve avoided Barnes – far too fussy a ref, makes himself central to the match, usually to the detriment of the spectacle. Having said all of that, he’s not the worst.
The worst referee – by some distance – in world rugby right now is Romain Poite. That guy is just bonkers – no consistency at all, and clueless at scrum time. There is no pattern to his refereeing except that it is always unpredictable. We have managed to avoid him for all of our group games (he is an assistant to Joubert in the Romania game, but that shouldn’t prove too bothersome).
No Wayne Barnes!!!! Happy bloody days!!!!! Go wan the Owens!!!! Delighted with Owens in the French game!!!! :)
Not bad at all
barnes wouldn’t be allowed ref an England, and he shouldn’t be allowed ref an irish game
Fantastic! Best ref in the world. Had a dreadful feeling opening the article I’d be reading the name we’ve all come to dread…
Decent refs to be fair. All set up nicely…
What a shocker. Shows how corrupt rugby is these days. Sad stuff.
Huh??
Quite predictable, that the Irish get their favourite referee (i.e. – the only one that doesn’t like to penalise Irish sides). The Irish run rugby in the Northern Hemisphere.
In Owens’ last 2 6N matchs between France and Ireland, he didn’t penalise the Irish in 153 minutes (yes, 153, that’s over 2 and a half hours.)
Ya gotta love our Nige..!! :)
The only dodgy ref is Barnes I’m afraid!!!
Don’t forget… Nigel f*cked us over against the all blacks
Interesting, and odd, to note that there is not one Australian referee taking charge of any of the 40 group matches. Their two guys are assistants and TMO only. By contrast, the two Irish fellas have 6 games between them.
FFR 11 (including 4 for Poite!)
IRFU 6
NZR 6
RFU 6
SARU 8
WRU 3
No referees from Argentina, Australia, Italy or Scotland
Best ref for our biggest game and no Barnes, I’m very happy!