Cora Staunton has been hailed as the greatest ladies footballer ever after her brilliant scoring display in Mayo's National League Division 2 triumph over Galway.

Staunton has been terrorising opposing defences for years and showed that she has lost none of her class by racking up 2-11 in Mayo's comeback win over their neighbours.

"Cora is a wonderful player, she is probably the best player that has ever played the game and it is wonderful to have her on your team," Mayo manager Fr Mike Murphy is quoted as saying in The Irish Independent.

"It was wonderful, but you also have to remember the other players who were setting her up. The first three or four minutes we were all over the place. We just didn't get our game going. But once we found our feet, we started to pull back into the game.

"It could have been worse, but our experienced players got us back into the game."

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