What it all means…
Dublin will join Kerry, Armagh and Donegal in going straight into the quarter-finals.
Galway, Mayo, Tyrone and Louth will be at home in the preliminary quarters, with Derry, Roscommon, Cork and Monaghan on the road.
Old rivals Dublin and Mayo clashed again this afternoon in the All-Ireland SFC as they battled it out for the top spot in Group 2 and a place in the quarter-finals.
After claiming their 14th consecutive Leinster title last month, Dublin had gone on to win their first two group games of the All-Ireland series against Roscommon and Cavan.
Mayo, who lost out in the Connacht final to Galway by a point, also won their first two group games.
These sides have been involved in many titanic tussles and this one was no different at a great atmosphere at Dr. Hyde Park.
Many feared that this encounter would lack bite, given the safety net of a preliminary quarter-final, but it was played a high intensity from the start.
The pattern throughout was Dublin edging ahead by one or two points before Mayo pegged them back.
But that changed in the final seconds when Ryan O’Donoghue won a free that is clipped over the bar to give Mayo the lead.
That was not the final twist, though, as Dublin won possession with Cluxton’s kickout and worked the ball to Cormac Costello to fist the ball over from close-range to level the match.
It was a draw that due to Dublin’s superior scoring difference saw them top the group and go straight into the All-Irealand quarter-finals.
For Mayo, they will go into Monday’s draw for the preliminary quarter-finals.
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Dublin will join Kerry, Armagh and Donegal in going straight into the quarter-finals.
Galway, Mayo, Tyrone and Louth will be at home in the preliminary quarters, with Derry, Roscommon, Cork and Monaghan on the road.
17:23Key Event
And that’s full-time! Dublin top the group on scoring difference and go straight into the quarter-finals! You can never count Dublin out. Ciaran Kilkenny caught the kickout and Dublin developed a move that ended in Costello fisting the ball over from close range to level the match and salvage an all-important draw! It was Mayo’s best performance of the season in what was a brilliant match of football.
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Rory Brickerden plays a long ball into Ryan O’Donoghue who gathers before he is fouled. O’Donughue’s free goes over the bar and Mayo lead!
72 mins gone
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Colm Reape cooly knocks over a 45 that looks it was wrongly awarded on the evidence on the replays!
70 mins gone and we are going to play three minutes of additional time
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Mayo are not lying down as Ryan O’Donoghue splits the posts after a well-worked move.
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Paul Mannion, on off the bench, with a trademark curling score from near the touchline to edge Dublin into a two-point lead as we go into the final ten minutes.
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Cormac Costello finds Murchan with a brilliant pass and the defender gallops in on goal and unleases a shot that skim off the crossbar and goes over the bar!
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Aidan O’Shea draws in many Dublin players before he releases Tommy Conroy to point from a tight angle. These sides can’t be separated!
58 mins gone
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Ryan O’Donoghue goes on the loop and he hits his first from play to level up the match once again, but Dublin’s response is immediate as Colm Basquel gets his second from play.
57 mins gone
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Jack McCaffrey, on off the bench, goes on a lung-bursting run and is expertly found before he fists the ball over the bar.
55 mins gone
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Matthew Ruane runs into the space and kicks a lovely score on the run to level up the match for Mayo.
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Dublin work the ball well to Cormac Costello whose effort nearly dips into the top corner but it goes over the bar to edge them ahead.
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Eoin Murchan is penalised for a tackle on Conroy, and O’Donougue knocks over the free to level the match once again.
47 mins gone
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Ciaran Kilkenny comes onto the ball at full pace and kick the ball over from the middle of the d to give Dublin the lead.
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This game is really coming alive as Conor Loftus finds space on the right wing and picks his spot to level the match.
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It’ a one-point game as Matthew Ruane hooks the ball over the bar after Mayo turned Dublin over and broke quickly.
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The first point of the game for Colm Basquel as Dublin look sharp in attack in this second half. But Mayo respond as Conroy cuts inside and hits his second point of the game.
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Colm Basquel shows good pace before he is fouled, alebit it looked a soft free. Costello knocks over the free and the gap is two again.
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Jordan Flynn with a lovely score from the right to reduce the gap to one point.
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Mayo fail to clear their lines after dispossesing Dublin and the All-Ireland champions make them pay through Sean Bugler.
37 mins gone
16:25Key Event
The whistle goes on a very competitive game of football. Both sides are throwing everything at this and there is little between the sides. Mayo have had the goal chances, but Dublin have been more clinical with the chances they have created. It is set up for a great second half.
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Costello does very well to win a long ball before Dublin work it back to the forward to hook the ball over the bar.
34 mins gone
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Mayo draw level as Aidan O’Shea knocks over a free with his left foot. Meanwhile Conor Loftus has come for Eoghan McLaughlin who looked to have sustained an injury.
33 mins gone
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Aidan O’Shea wins a foul, and the free is converted by O’Donogue to reduce the gap to one point. The crowd are up for this one.
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Goal chance for Mayo as Ryan O’Donoghue runs in on goal but he is dispossessed by Fenton, illegally according to the Mayo fans, who were calling for a penalty. It is waved off by the referee.
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Con O’Callaghan knocks over a close-range free to edge Dublin ahead again. Then they go two clear as Niall Scully finds time and space to pick his spot and split the posts.
19 mins gone
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Mayo split the Dublin defence and Stephen Coen could have gone for goal but he decides to take the point.
18 mins gone
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Great ball into Paddy Small who wins the ball well before pointing from close range to give Dublin the lead.
16 mins gone
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Cormac Costtelo has got all three of Dublin’s points – this one from play to level the match.
14 mins gone
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Tommy Conroy uses his pace to surge through a gap before fisting over the bar and getting the Mayo fans on their feet.
13 mins gone
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The referee spots an off-the-ball foul in the Dublin half, and it gives Costello an easy free in front of the posts to level the match.
11 mins gone
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Ryan O’Donoghue cuts from the left wing and is fouled by Cormac Costello. O’Donoghue gets up to convert the free to give Mayo the lead.
8 mins gone
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Aidan O’Shea shows great strength to get away from Mick Fitzsimmons and win the free that is knocked over by O’Donoghue.
5 mins gone
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Cormac Costello knocks over a free to open the scoring for Dublin.
4 mins gone
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Mayo’s Tommy Conroy is fouled but Ryan O’Donoghue’s free is dragged wide of the posts.
2 mins gone
15:48Key Event
A great crowd for this match between old rivals…
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We are about to get under way at Dr. Hyde Park in Roscommon.
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Seán MacMahon, Tom Lahiff & Colm Basquel all start. They replace Daire Newcombe, Killian McGinnis & Paul Mannion.
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Captain James McCarthy has been named on the bench for a side Dublin that is steeped in experience and All-Ireland medals.
The loss of Paddy Durcan is a big one for Mayo, but they are too have many experienced players to call upon at this level. With both O’Donoghue and Cillian O’Connor named to start, it will be interesting to see who takes free-kick responsibilities.
Here is how the teams are set to line out:
DUBLIN: S Cluxton; E Murchan, M Fitzsimons, D Newcombe; B Howard, J Small, S Bugler; B Fenton, K McGinnis; N Scully, C Costello, C Kilkenny; P Small, C O’Callaghan, P Mannion
MAYO: C Reape; J Coyne, D McBrien, D McHugh; S Callinan, S Coen, E McLaughlin; J Carney, M Ruane; T Conroy, D McHale, J Flynn; A O’Shea, C O’Connor, R O’Donoghue