Mayo led 0-6 to 0-2 halfway by means of the primary half with Rory Brickenden and Ryan O’Donaghue amongst the scorers, however their lead may have been better because the lower the Tyrone defence open on a number of events with O’Donaghue and Aidan O’Shea coming near targets.
The Purple Arms would go 13 after which 12 minutes with out registering a rating through the first half with efforts from Ben McDonnell and Darragh Canavan stopping the rot.
Nevertheless it was Mayo who would lead by eight on the break (1-9 to 0-4), after scoring a late objective.
They held possession for over three minutes earlier than the hooter sounded and Bob Tuohy then had a shot on objective which was spilled by Niall Morgan within the Tyrone objective, permitting McHale to shoot into the empty web.
Malachy O’Rourke’s facet wanted a response within the second half and acquired simply that with a quickfire 1-2, Darragh Canavan ending off a wonderful particular person objective earlier than O’Donaghue and Darren McCurry, who took 49 minutes to register a rating, exchanged efforts.
Morgan got here ahead and nailed an extended vary free from two-point vary to chop the hole to only a single level and when it appeared Tyrone had the higher hand, Mayo replied with an unanswered 1-4.
Their second objective got here from the penalty spot after referee David Coldrick adjudged that Ciaran Quinn had pushed Davitt Neary contained in the field.
O’Donaghue stepped up and despatched Morgan the flawed manner, atoning for his penalty miss within the 2021 All-Eire decider between the edges to seal victory for the Connacht males.
That consequence blows Group One large open, with Mayo taking up Donegal in a fortnight’s time whereas Tyrone face Cavan with all-four counties having an actual likelihood of advancing past the group stage.
Tyrone: N Morgan (0-4 2 2ptf); C Quinn, P Teague, N Devlin; M McKernan (0-1), R Brennan, Ok McGeary (0-1); B McDonnell (0-1), C Kilpatrick; S O’Donnell, M Donnelly (0-1), C Daly; D McCurry (0-2 1f), M Bradley, D Canavan (1-3 2f).
Subs: Liam Grey for S O’Donnell (HT), Shea O’Hare for R Brennan (HT), Peter Harte for M Bradley (48), Ruairi Canavan for C Daly (48), Aodhan Donaghy for B McDonnell (62)
Mayo: C Reape (0-1 1f); J Coyne (0-1), S Morahan, R Brickenden 0-2); S Coen, D McBrien, E Hession; P Durcan (0-3), M Ruane; J Carney (0-1), D McHale (1-0), B Tuohy; A O’Shea (0-1), C Dawson (0-2), R O’Donaghue (1-6 5f, 1 pen).
Subs: Jordan Flynn for B Tuohy (52), Davitt Neary for D McHale (52), Fenton Kelly for C Dawson (57), Fergal Boland for M Ruane (65), Sam Callinan for P Durcan (67).
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