Alan Dillon suffered a foot injury in the drawn All Ireland Final.
By Cian O’Connell
Alan Dillon is Mayo’s main injury concern ahead of the All Ireland SFC Final replay against Dublin at Croke Park on October 1.
Evan Regan, Cillian O’Connor, and Dillon all suffered injuries during the drawn game last Sunday with manager Stephen Rochford providing an update in Castlebar on Tuesday evening.
“Injury wise Evan Regan took a bit of a head injury, a collision to the head on Sunday so he will follow the concussion protocols that are there. He is expected to be available for selection,” Rochford said.
“Cillian O'Connor had a twist on the ankle with 10 or 15 minutes to go in the game. He didn't feel there was anything in it on Sunday, but he woke up on Monday with a little bit of pain and a little bit of swelling. There is no concerns with him.
“The element there is that he will be available for the game and he should be able to train away from the weekend going into the middle of next week.
Mayo manager Stephen Rochford.
“Alan Dillon picked up a collision just in front of the Dublin goal on the front of his foot. It is just bruising, there is no structural damage, but Alan's is probably a little bit more of a concern. It will probably be the middle of next week before we know, but he is the only one who there is potentially any doubt about.
"We might know at the weekend whether the pace of the recovery is better than what is gauged at the moment, but really we won't know until the weekend moving into the early part of next week.
“He has had an x ray and a scan, there is no injury as such to the bone, just bruising on the foot. Again it is not on his kicking foot, it is just a case of can he move on it next week, that is the concern. He had signalled to come off just before he kicked the point. Thankfully he was able to manage through for that minute or two.”
Rochford also dismissed the rumour that former Donegal manager Jim McGuinness had trained Mayo ahead of the decider.
“I don't know where the Jim McGuinness story came out of," Rochford replied. "I've huge regard for what Jim McGuinness did above in Donegal, but I've never spoken to the man or I've never met the man. I don't know where that story came out of at all.”
