"Our character was challenged in the lead-up to this game as well by the Cork management, which I think is unprecedented in Gaelic football, where a management team name players. For us it was taking the integrity of two of our players and of our team and I think it is something that is disgraceful and they should be ashamed of what they did."

James Horan took the Cork management to task over their singling out of Kevin McLoughlin and Cillian O'Connor in the build-up to the quarter-final tie.

"James is entitled to his opinion and the best of luck to Mayo going forward."

Defeated Rebel boss Brian Cuthbert refused to react.

"I saw him (Colm O'Neill) have a conversation with the referee same as everyone else. Then he put the ball down and stroked it over the bar. Colm is an intelligent guy so I presume, whatever conversation he had with the referee, he deducted from that he had time."

Cuthbert and Cork weren't happy with referee Cormac Reilly's time-keeping.

"Kerry have been playing fierce well. They beat Cork well, they have been moving awful well all year. That's going to be a very tough game - you'd expect nothing different in an All-Ireland semi-final."

Mayo midfielder Seamus O'Shea turned his attention to their upcoming semi-final against Munster champions Kerry.

"We mixed the good with the bad. There was some good attacking football. Other times, we weren't quite as accurate as we would have liked. But it's good shooting."

Eamonn Fitzmaurice watched his charges hit 1-18 from play against Galway.

"We create chances, but we go through spells where we need to improve and I'm sure Eamonn (Fitzmaurice) will be telling us all about that. We have a bit of work to do."

Man-of-the-moment James O'Donoghue finished the quarter-final clash with 1-5 to his name.

"We know within the group that we have some talent there and we don't feel like we are getting the recognition but it is a results business and if you don't get the results you don't get the recognition. So it is a little bit frustrating."

His three-year term has officialy come to an end but Alan Mulholland was non-committal on his future as Galway senior football manager.

"That's where we want to be. There's no point crying about the opposition now, we just have to face up to it and work as hard as we can."

It's All-Ireland champions Dublin next for Malachy O'Rourke and his Monaghan players.

"The big thing was thanking them for their efforts. In this country players playing an amateur sport deserve huge credit. There's no player, for any county team, who goes out not to perform."

Jason Ryan acknowledged his players' hard work following their extra-time defeat on Saturday evening.

"We targeted a quarter-final place, but people need to remember that probably half of the team is playing either their first or second championship season with Meath. With our work, it is kind of two years, and it needs to be a five-year programme to get these lads to where they need to be."

Meath and Mick O'Dowd failed to achieve their number one objective of reaching the quarter-final stages of the All-Ireland SFC.

"We're training tonight and Donal will be training. He will be fit. We will have a clean bill of health for the game, including Conor Allis."

Limerick hurling boss TJ Ryan revealed captain Donal O'Grady will be fit to face Kilkenny in next Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final. Tweet

Most Read Stories