LIVE BLOG: Mayo v Galway - as it happened
Mayo manager Kevin McStay / Galway manager Pádraic Joyce. Pictures: Inpho Photography
Welcome to the live blog from Hastings Insurance MacHale Park for today's Connacht Football Final between Mayo and Galway.
Stuart Tynan will take you through the key points from the encounter.
Liam Ó Conghaile gives Galway the insurance point. The hooter goes while Mayo have the ball and have a long wait to work a two-point score to take it to extra-time. It falls to Matthew Ruane from a difficult angle but it goes wide and it's a fourth Nestor Cup in a row for the Tribesmen.
Disappointment for Mayo, who certainly had the chances to win but not to no avail. Mayo will now go into an all-Ulster group for the All-Ireland series with Tyrone, Cavan and the winner of Donegal v Armagh in the Ulster final.
Thanks for joining us. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Subs for both teams.
Mayo: Fenton Kelly for Darren McHale
Galway: Liam Ó Conghaile for Matthew Thompson
Mayo trail by one with three minutes left. Enda Hession barrels down on goal but Connor Gleeson equal to it. Reape converts the 45'.
Mayo 1-15 Galway 1-16
Colm Reape's horror kickout lands Rory Brickenden in bother. Brickenden pulls down Finnerty as he is in on goal and is shown a black card. Finnerty converts the free to put Galway back in front.
Less than ten minutes to go and Brickenden's game looks over.
Mayo 1-14 Galway 1-15
Galway go back in front through Cillian McDaid. Mayo's Paul Towey had two chances to put them ahead, but both went wide. O'Donoghue then levels it again from a free.
Galway substitution: Peter Cooke for Cathal Sweeney
Mayo substitution: Fergal Boland for Davitt Neary
Mayo 1-14 Galway 1-14
O'Donoghue's monster two-point free looks to be putting Mayo in front but the goalkeeper gets a touch and instead become a single.
Mayo 1-13 Galway 1-13
Darren McHale and Robert Finnerty trade scores. Mayo have a big chance on goal but Davitt Neary only gets a point. One in it now with 20 minutes to go.
Mayo 1-12 Galway 1-13
A free and a fisted score from a tight angle by O'Donoghue cuts the gap to two. Mayo supporters find their voices!
Stephen Coen and Paul Conroy the latest players to pick up yellows
Mayo 1-10 Galway 1-12
Galway's lead cut now to four thanks to a Ryan O'Donoghue free and a two-pointer by Ruane. Great start by the green and red, who now have a strong wind at their backs
Mayo 1-8 Galway 1-12
The official attendance is 27,137, the largest crowd for a GAA match in MacHale Park since the Super 8 game against Donegal in 2019.
Two half-time changes:
Mayo: Paul Towey for Diarmuid O'Connor
Galway: Cathal Sweeney replaces John Maher
Second half underway and Mayo off to a great start with a two-pointer by O’Donoghue.
Mayo 1-5 Galway 1-11
Darren McHale ends Mayo's long wait for a score. The hooter for half-time goes but not before a Robert Finnerty free. Plenty of work to do for Mayo. Join us in a few minutes time for the second half.
Mayo 1-3 Galway 1-11
Aidan O'Shea is fouled and the referee brings up the free for dissent. Colm Reape takes it from outside the 40-metre arc but tails wide. Two minutes to half-time.
The Mayo goalkeeper comes to the rescue, denying Matthew Thompson. 30 minutes gone. Mayo have not scored for 25 minutes.
Mayo 1-2 Galway 1-10
Colm Reape pulls off a great double save but referee Paddy Neilan awards a penalty for a pull back by Matthew Ruane. Looked harsh.
Matthew Tierney smashes home the penalty to stretch Galway's lead to eight.
Mayo need a score. Badly.
Mayo 1-2 Galway 1-10
Sean Kelly with his first point for Galway, followed by one from Robert Finnerty. The visitors tails are certainly up.
Mayo 1-2 Galway 0-10
Galway corner-forward Matthew Thompson strikes over the first single for the Tribesmen, followed up by Cillian McDaid. Momentum beginning to swing in their favour. Diarmuid O'Connor also picks up first yellow of the final for a foul on Paul Conroy.
Mayo 1-2 Galway 0-8
Conroy's eye is in for Galway, using the wind to his advantage for another two-pointer to put them ahead
Mayo 1-2 Galway 0-6
16 minutes gone and another two-pointer from Galway, Conroy once again.
Correction on Aidan O'Shea score. Ruled out for over carrying.
Mayo 1-2 Galway 0-4
Temporary sub for Mayo: Sam Callinan in for David McBrien.
Aidan O'Shea extends Mayo's lead to four with a point.
Mayo 1-3 Galway 0-2
Mayo's lead is wiped out from a Galway two-pointer by Paul Conroy, but Darren McHale responds with a goal for Mayo to put them back in front.
Mayo 1-2 Galway 0-2.
A three-up breach by Galway's John Maher gifts Mayo's a second free, and O'Donoghue converts.
Mayo 0-2 Galway 0-0, with the home side against the breeze.
Mayo's Ryan O'Donoghue (who else?) gets the first point of the final from a free.
Referee Paddy Neilan has thrown the ball in we're underway!
Less than ten minutes to throw-in. Take a read of the thoughts of former Mayo footballer Mark Ronaldson ahead of the final.
A huge crowd is here in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park. We understand that close to 23,000 tickets were sold as of lunchtime.
Two changes for Mayo: Sam Callinan and Dylan Thornton drop to the bench and Rory Brickenden (pictured) and Diarmuid O'Connor now start.
Galway remain unchanged.
Stuart Tynan here, live from Castlebar. Throw-in is at 4pm so stay tuned. Take a read through our editor, James Laffey's, piece ahead of the game.
