Aidan O’Shea played down his achievement in reaching 100 championship appearances for Mayo against Monaghan last Sunday.

The long-serving Breaffy clubman became the first outfield player to hit the milestone, and only the second player after legendary Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton, when he came off the bench in the second half of Mayo’s 1-24 to 2-20 All-Ireland Round 1 victory in Clones.

“It’s hard to believe alright, yeah,” O’Shea smiled.

“It’s mad. I’ve been very lucky with injuries. I know the boys have had a few knocks through the years, so thankfully I’ve been lucky and obviously still tipping away, so hopefully I can add a few more to it over the next while.”

Mayo manager Andy Moran said of the championship centurion: “Oh yeah, it’s amazing. Like Aidan gets a lot of grief, but he gets no grief from us, all the respect in our dressing room – he comes to training, never misses a session, never gets out, just comes in and trains and away he goes.

“Some people can have their opinions on him, that’s fine, but for us in Mayo 100 caps from an outfield player is huge.”

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