Mayo are down to fourteen men against Galway in their opening match of the Championship after Diarmuid O'Connor was sent off for elbowing Paul Conroy. O'Connor was pulled back by a Mayo player but managed to evade him before clattering Conroy with a vicious elbow.
The Mayo man can have no complaints with the decision there. O'Connor was right under the referee's nose when he lifted his elbow into the challenge with Conroy:
O'Connor caught Conroy flush on the face as the Galway man fell to the floor:
Again, I reiterate, right under the nose of the ref!
O'Connor's reckless behaviour did not go down well with viewers:
Definitely, silly stuff from Diarmuid O Connor just as Mayo were starting to come back into it
— Conor O'Shea (@ConorOShea1997) May 13, 2018
Diarmuid O Connor ya Numpty?
— zezu10 (@zeeezuuuu) May 13, 2018
That was rotten by Diarmuid O Connor
— NameCannotBeBlank (@shanohar17) May 13, 2018
Fucking stupidity from Diarmuid o Connor... what on earth was he thinking there... fuck sake #MayoGAA
— Ciarán (@Ciaran__McG_) May 13, 2018
Diarmuid O Connor just cost us this game, knew what he was doing. Deserved that red #MayovGal
— Ciarán Mitchell (@ciaranmitch) May 13, 2018
Well done ref that was horrendous from diarmuid o Connor
— Eoin O'Shea (@EoinTHFC) May 13, 2018
Kieran O'Malley reckons O'Connor has an ulterior motive for getting the red card:
I'd say Diarmuid O Connor has tickets for Ed Sheeran and he wants to beat the traffic #MayoVGalway #gaa
— Kieran O Malley (@GalwayPlayer) May 13, 2018
Mayo are down by a point at half time but will do well to salvage something from the game with fourteen men.
