Mayo -1-15 Monaghan -1-5Frank Browne took the scoring honours as Mayo cruised to a runaway 10 point win in this Allianz National Hurling League Division Four final replay at Markievicz Park on Saturday.
The Ballyhaunis clubman bagged eight of the winners' points - seven from placed balls - as the Connachtmen out-played a Monaghan side that failed to reproduce their form of the drawn game.
Mayo were four points ahead before Paul Ward, who scored 1-4 of the Monaghan total, raised his side's first flag in the 16th minute. Mayo led 0-8 to 0-3 at half-time.
Four Mayo points without reply between the 45th and 55th minute put the game beyond the Farneymen's reach. Paul Ward's 64th minute goal put a more respectable appearance on the Monaghan scoreline, but a Pierse Higgins goal two minutes later underlined Mayo's superiority.
MAYO: T Duffy; G Corcoran, J Duffy, K Healy; D Walsh, P Freyne, P Barrett; S Broderick, D Sweeney 0-1; N McLaughlin, F Browne 0-8, P Higgins 1-1; S Hunt 0-1, P Broderick 0-3, D Tiernan 0-1. Subs: J Conway for Sweeney, D McDonald for McLaughlin.
MONAGHAN: M McHugh; P Callan, E Herne, B Whelan; N Traynor, P Murphy, K Boylan; D Connolly, P Walsh; H Cullen 0-1, B Connolly, K McEntee; A Dalton, R Healy, P Ward 1-4. Subs: A Hughes for Cullen, S Loftus for Dalton, J McAneaspie for Healy, M McQuillan for Whelan, J Reilly for Connolly.
Referee: E Morris (Dublin).
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