Gaelic Football round up for 27th & 28th March

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Mayo and Cork both secured wins this weekend to set up a final day clash in Páirc Uí Chaoimh between the two to decide who tops the Allianz National Football League Division 1 this year.

John O'Mahony's team remain on top of the division after goals in either half from Donal Vaughan and Aidan O'Shea helped them to a 2-12 to 0-15 win against Monaghan in Castlebar on Sunday.

The home team were on the back foot for much of the first half but Vaughan's goal just before the break closed Monaghan's lead to just two points as the teams headed for the dressing rooms.

Monaghan stormed back out onto the pitch and rattled off four points in a row before O'Shea hit the back of the net to give Mayo hope.

Mayo had just too much in the tank for Monaghan in the closing stages and Andy Moran and Tom Parsons kicked the final scores of the game to leave Mayo the winners by three.

Cork were also given a thorough examination of their league winning credentials before eventually seeing off Derry on a scoreline of 2-09 to 0-14 in Celtic Park on Saturday night.

The Rebels had the ideal start when John Hayes (penalty) and Fintan Gould hit the back of the net inside the opening six minutes but Paddy Bradley shot over three points as Derry came back into the game, although they trailed 2-05 to 0-08 at half time.

With Bradley performing well, he finished the game with seven points, Derry hit seven unanswered points in that first half as Cork went 22 minutes without a score and the men in red were hardly more impressive when scoring just four points in the second half but they just about did enough to hold on and inflict Derry's fifth defeat in a row – and leave Damian Cassidy's team rooted to the foot of the table.

Dublin are relying on favours to reach the league final after they fell to their second successive league defeat in Parnell Park, also on Saturday night, when losing 1-14 to 0-14 to a resolute Galway side.

Bernard Brogan kicked 11 points but he couldn't carry his team to victory against a Galway team who overcame the dismissal of Declan Meehan to score three late points to win the game.

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