The youngest team to win a senior title at Croke Park? Mayo have to have gone close yesterday with a starting line-up that featured four 16-year-olds, two 17-year-olds, three 18-year-olds, a 19-year-old, a 20-year-old, a 21-year-old goalkeeper, two 22-year-olds and old stager Cristina Heffernan, a mere 23. First substitute in, Orla Casby brought the number of 16-year-olds up to five, second substitute Shelly Gibbons is a mere 15 and Mayo also had three 15-year-olds on the bench. Precocious or what?
Mayo's youth policy
The youngest team to win a senior title at Croke Park? Mayo have to have gone close yesterday with a starting line-up that featured…
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