Ryan O’Donoghue, fresh off 1-7 against The Neale in the third round, leads the scoring ranks heading into the quarter finals of the Connacht Gold Senior Football Championship.

He takes over from Ballina Stephenites’ Evan Regan who is now in second place.

Regan scored 0-8 of his side’s 1-24 against Balla.

Gary McHale of Balla is joint second thanks to 0-6 in the same game, leaving him just ahead of Breaffy’s Aidan O’Shea whose 2-1 was the difference between his side and Mayo Gaels at the weekend.

John Gallagher of Mayo Gaels completes the top five – he scored 0-4 against Breaffy.

Here are the current standings heading into the last eight:

 1. Ryan O’Donoghue – Belmullet – 2-16 (22)

2. Evan Regan – Ballina Stephenites – 1-17 (20)

3. Gary McHale – Balla – 2-14 (20)

4. Aidan O’Shea – Breaffy – 2-9 (15)

5. John Gallagher – Mayo Gaels – 0-15 (15)

6. Kuba Callaghan – Ballaghaderreen – 0-14 (14)

7. Adam Beirne – Claremorris – 0-13 (13)

8. Colm Moran – Westport – 1-9 (12)

9. Pat Lambert – Westport – 0-12 (12)

10. Frank Irwin – Ballina Stephenites – 0-12 (12)

(Eamonn Phillips - Ballyhaunis and Tommy Conroy - The Neale are also on 0-12)

 

The scoring tally is being recorded on the website https://billhillwicklow.com/list/mayo-senior-football-championship-top-scorers-table-2023/