Mayo Under 17 football team for Sligo clash revealed

Mayo manager Sean Deane has made two changes to his Mayo Under 17 team for round three of the Connacht GAA minor football championship clash with Sligo this evening (Friday).

Into the side comes Ballycroy's Rory Conway at wing-forward, replacing Dylan Gallagher, with Islandeady's Zac Collins named at centre-forward in place of the suspended James Maheady. Maheady was shown a straight red card in round two against Roscommon last Friday evening.

Mayo have two wins from two, with impressive victories over Leitrim and Roscommon already under their belt.

David Dolan from Balla GAA Club continues in goal behind an unchanged back sextet of Rio Mortimer, John MacMonagle, Lorcan Silke, Liam Maloney, Colm McHale and Paul Gilmore. They all start for the third game in a row.

Jack Keane from Hollymount /Carramore and Luke Feeney from Ballina Stephenites once again will man the middle of the park against Sligo.

Up front, Deane has shuffled the deck, with Conway and Collins now joining Diarmuid Duffy in a new-look half-forward line.

The deadly accurate Mayo full-forward line of Cathal Keavney from Parke-Keelogues-Crimlin, Ronan Clarke from Bohola Moy Davitts and Niall Hurley from Claremorris will once again be relied upon for the bulk of the Mayo scores.

Dylan Gallagher is named on the bench, with Evan Cosgrove and Sean O'Dowd also listed amongst the substitutes.

The game today (Friday) has a 7 p.m. start at James Stephens Park, Ballina. The referee is Brendan Healy from Galway. Tickets can be purchased here while the game will be live-streamed by Connacht GAA.

The Mayo team in full is as follows: David Dolan; Rio Mortimer, John MacMonagle, Lorcan Silke; Liam Maloney, Colm McHale, Paul Gilmore; Jack Keane, Luke Feeney; Rory Conway, Zac Collins, Diarmuid Duffy; Cathal Keavney, Ronan Clarke, Niall Hurley.

The subs are: Conor Meaney, Evan Cosgrove, John Finn, Oliver Armstrong, Dylan Gallagher, Tom Lydon, Oisín Cronin, Dara Hurley and Sean O'Dowd.