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Mayo manager Kevin McStay wasn't happy with the challenge on star player Diarmuid O'Connor. Pic: Sportsfile
MAYO star Diarmuid O'Connor was removed to hospital after today's big game against Galway in Castlebar. The Ballintubber man entered the fray after 47 minutes when he came off the bench to replace Conor Reid. However, his time on the pitch was cut short when he injured his shoulder in a clash with Galway's Cillian Ó Curraoin.
After the match, Mayo manager Kevin McStay wasn't happy with the situation and remarked on it when he spoke to the media.
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"We're a bit sore about it. Diarmuid won the ball and popped it to a Mayo lad and was hit late and that's a black card - minimum, but nothing was done. You spend all winter carefully rehabbing him so that he'll be fit for the spring and this happens. He's a top player, an All-Star and he's off to hospital. We're sore about it, but we're not pointing the finger at the ref, he was fine."
O'Connor was returning to match-fitness from a long-term injury, but his participation in the rest of Mayo's National League campaign may now be in question.
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