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17th September 2017
06:24pm BST

"Erm, they [defeats] are all very difficult to take. Too many of them now at this stage. But it is what it is. Sport can be tough and cruel but today is about Dublin. Three in a row is phenomenal in this modern era. "We'll do our best to resurrect over the winter and see where we go from here."Rochford reflected on Dean Rock's matchwinning free, taken in the 76th minute, and was rueful about a Cillian O'Connor free that struck a post mere injury time minutes beforehand.
"It's just fine margins. But, look, it is what it is. I couldn't have asked for any more from them. To a man, as they say, they died with their boots on."The Mayo boss refused to linger too long on the needless red card picked up by Donal Vaughan and, again, opted to congratulate the victors. As for 2018, he declared Mayo would circle the wagons and 'give it rattle' again. You would not put it past them and we fully expect Rochford to lead the way. https://twitter.com/RTEgaa/status/909458773751734272
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