A preview of tomorrow's match in Croke Park

DUBLIN’S PATH TO SEMI-FINAL

Dublin 2-22 Louth 0-12 (Leinster quarter-final)

Dublin 2-11 Wexford 1-10 (Leinster semi-final)

Dublin 2-13 Meath 1-13 (Leinster final)

Dublin 1-12 Laois 0-12 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

Average For: 2-14; Average Against: 0-13

Dublin Scorers

Bernard Brogan 3-17 (0-9 frees)

Kevin McManamon 1-7

Diarmuid Connolly 1-4

Stephen Cluxton 0-6 (0-4 45s, 0-2 frees)

Denis Bastick 1-2

Alan Brogan 0-5

Bryan Cullen 0-4

Paul Flynn 0-4

Eoghan O’Gara 0-3

Kevin Nolan 0-3

Craig Dias 0-2

John McCarthy 0-1

John O’Loughlin (Laois) own goal

MAYO’S PATH TO SEMI-FINAL

Mayo 4-20 Leitrim 0-10 (Connacht semi-final)

Mayo 0-12 Sligo 0-10 (Connacht final)

Mayo 3-18 Down 2-9 (All-Ireland quarter-final)

Average For: 2-18; Average Against: 1-9

Mayo Scorers

Cillian O’Connor 0-16 (0-14 frees, 0-1 45)

Alan Dillon 0-9

Michael Conroy 2-2

Andy Moran 2-2

Kevin McLoughlin 1-4

Enda Varley 0-3 (1 free)

Lee Keegan 0-3

Alan Freeman 1-0

Jason Doherty 1-0

Barry Moran 0-2

Aidan O’Shea 0-2

Danny Geraghty 0-2

Conor Mortimer 0-2 (0-1 free)

Ronan McGarrity 0-1

Colm Boyle 0-1

Keith Higgins 0-1

2012 NFL Division One Round 2

Mayo 0-20 Dublin 0-8

March 31st, Castlebar

Re-fixed for late March after their February meeting was abandoned at half-time due to fog, Mayo turned in a superb performance, winning both halves.

They led 0-13 to 0-5 at half-time and while Dublin improved in the second half, Mayo still outscored them by 0-7 to 0-3 in the second half to inflict a thoroughly convincing defeat on the All-Ireland champions.

MAYO: David Clarke; Shane McHale, Leo Keegan, Keith Higgins; Kevin Keane, Donal Vaughan (0-2), Colm Boyle; Aidan O’Shea (0-1), Danny Geraghty; Kevin McLoughlin, Andy Moran, Alan Dillon (0-4); Conor Mortimer (0-8), Barry Moran (0-1), Michael Conroy (0-4). Subs: Jason Doherty for B Moran; Cillian O’Connor for Conroy; Peadar Gardiner for Vaughan; Jason Gibbons for Geraghty; Alan Campbell for Dillon.

DUBLIN: Stephen Cluxton; Darren Daly, Ross O’Carroll, Cian O’Sullivan; James McCarthy, Ger Brennan (0-1), Kevin Nolan; Ross McConnell, Michael Darragh Macauley; Paul Brogan, Peadar Andrews (0-1), Bryan Cullen (0-2); T Quinn (0-2), Diarmuid Connolly (0-1), Kevin McManamon. Subs: Paul Flynn for Brogan; Eamonn Fennell for McConnell; Craig Dias for McCarthy; Dean Kelly for Quinn; Dean Rock (0-1) for Andrews.

2010 NFL Division One Round 3

Dublin 1-9 Mayo 1-8

Castlebar, March 7th

A third win in succession put Dublin on top of Division One, although there were lucky to take full points on this occasion, as Mayo hit 18 wides and sent many other chances either short or simply astray.

Then Mayo manager John O’Mahony didn’t disguise his disappointment afterwards, especially as Mayo enjoyed the far greater percentage of possession: indeed Dublin didn’t score for 16 minutes of the second half, before the introduction of Bernard Brogan and Conal Keaney finally got their scoring back in the right grove, and enough to see Dublin take the narrow win.

DUBLIN: S Cluxton; P Conlon, M Fitzsimons, P McMahon; H Gill, C O’Sullivan, G Brennan; E Fennell (0-1), R McConnell (0-2); A Hubbard (0-1), P Flynn (0-1), K Bonner (0-1); D Henry, MD Macauley (0-1), K McManamon (0-1). Subs: K Nolan for Conlon (35+2), B Brogan (1-0) for McManamon (47), D Magee for Fennell (50), C Keaney (0-1) for Henry (50), B McManamon for Hubbard (57).

MAYO: D Clarke; D Vaughan, G Cafferkey, K Higgins; P Gardiner, T Howley, K McLoughlin; T Parsons, R McGarrity; A Moran (0-2), S O’Shea (0-1), T Mortimer; E Varley (1-3), A O’Shea, A Freeman (0-2). Subs: C Barrett for Gardiner (8), N Douglas for McGarrity (20), B Kelly for T Mortimer (60), C Mortimer for Freeman (65), M Sweeney for A O’Shea (70).

– IAN O’RIORDAN

2011 NFL Division One round 5

Dublin 4-15 Mayo 3-13

Croke Park, March 20th

“If we defend like that in the summer, we won’t be mapped,” said Dublin manager Pat Gilroy afterwards, and fortunately for them things did tighten up considerably.

But in this veritable goal fest, Mayo came from 14 points down after 23 minutes to being level after 45 minutes, but three goals from Diarmuid Connolly – in the 16th, 18th and 23rd minute, for a personal tally of 3-3 – was enough to see Dublin take the points in the end.

DUBLIN: M Savage; D Daly, S Murray, P Brogan; P Casey, G Brennan, D Nelson (0-1); D Bastick, MD Macauley (0-1); P Flynn, K McManamon (0-2), B Cahill; T Quinn (1-7), D Connolly (3-3), A Brogan (0-1). Subs: P McMahon for Daly (ht), B Cullen for Macauley (42), K Nolan for Casey (47), P Andrews for Flynn (60), P Burke for A Brogan (69).

MAYO: R Hennelly; T Cunniffe, C Barrett, K Higgins; R Feeney (0-2), G Cafferkey, K McLoughlin; R McGarrity, T Parsons; A Campbell, A Dillon (0-2), A Moran (0-2); P Gardiner (0-1), A Freeman (1-3), J Doherty (2-0). Subs: J Kilcullen for Parsons (43), A Kilcoyne for Campbell (55) (0-3), C Hallinan for Cafferkey (56), J Burke for McLoughlin (65).