Mayo    0-19   
Armagh    0-17  

Mayo opened their NHL Division 3A account with a two point win over Armagh in Crossmaglen. Top scorer for Mayo was Brian Moran - who converted ten points from frees, while Derek McConn recorded four points from play. The introduction of Keith Higgins to the Mayo attack brought Mayo in front in the closing minutes, while newcomer Kenny Feeney also got on the scoresheet.   Mayo: Donal O'Brien; Brian Higgins, Kevin Moran, Shane Morley; Paddy Barrett, Con Ryan, Sean Markham; Stephen Hunt, Derek McConn (0-4); Eoghan Madigan (0-2), Dave Dowling, Brian Moran (0-10, 10f); Kenny Robinson, Ronan Cullinane (0-1), Stephen Hoban. Subs: Kenny Feeney (0-1), Keith Higgins (0-1).  
 
Day of mixed emotions for injured Madigan   It was a day of mixed emotions for Westport hurler Eoghan Madigan on Saturday last. On Friday, Madigan was on the bench for NUIG as they overcame a Joe Canning led LIT side in the Fitzgibbon Cup semi final. Twenty-four hours later, Madigan was in Crossmaglen as Mayo took on Armagh, while his college team-mates battled out a pulsating 1-25 to 1-24 win after extra time against WIT - earning the Mayo attacker a Fitzgibbon Cup medal. Madigan went on to score two points from play against Armagh from wing-forward before sustaining a bad hand injury just twenty minutes from the final whistle.  

After his return to Mayo, a scan on his right-hand showed up a fracture of a metacarpel bone, which will rule Madigan out for the rest of the NHL campaign. The injury to Madigan brings the total on the injury list to five in the Mayo camp, as Shane Morley (Hamstring), Aidan Connolly (Quad), James Lowe (Appendix) and Cathal Freeman (Leg fracture) are all still on the treatment table.   Mayo take on Derry next Sunday at 2.30 in McHale Park, Castlebar. Tweet

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