MAYO v LOUTH
Mayo won their Round 1 game, beating Kerry; Louth lost to Cork.
They meet in the championship for the first time since the 1950 All-Ireland final when Mayo won by 2-5 to 1-6.
It’s the only championship game between the counties to date.
CHAMPIONSHIP 2023
MAYO
• Roscommon 2-8 Mayo 0-10 (Connacht quarter-final)
• Mayo 1-19 Kerry 0-17 (All-Ireland Group 1)
Top Scorers
Ryan O’Donoghue…..0-7 (0-4 frees)
Aidan O’Shea……………0-4
Matthew Ruane…………0-3
James Carr………………..0-3
LOUTH
• Louth 2-10 Westmeath 1-11 (Leinster quarter-final)
• Louth 0-27 Offaly 2-15 aet (Leinster semi-final)
• Dublin 5-21 Louth 0-15 (Leinster final)
• Cork 1-19 Louth 1-17 (All-Ireland Group 1)
Top Scorers
Sam Mulroy…..1-28 (0-17 frees, 1-0 pen, 0-1 ‘45’)
Ciaran Downey…0-10
Liam Jackson……2-2
– Mayo’s 1-19 score against Kerry in Round 1 was their joint-highest yield from their ten Allianz League and Championship games this year. They scored 4-10 against Tyrone in the League.
– Louth manager, Mickey Harte came up against Mayo four times during his time as Tyrone boss, winning one and losing three.
The win was in the 2008 All-Ireland qualifiers, the defeats in the 2004 All-Ireland quarter-final, the 2013 semi-final and 2016 quarter-final.
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