One change for Mayo as another trip to the Hyde looms

There is one new face in the Mayo starting team for All-Ireland senior football championship game against Roscommon this weekend as Aidan O'Shea replaces Diarmuid O'Connor.

Manager Kevin McStay has shuffled the deck a little to facilitate the change, with O'Shea listed at top of the right, Jack Carney moving to O'Connor's place in midfield, and Ryan O'Donoghue taking to vacant spot in the half-forward line.

O'Shea will be making his 190th appearance for Mayo tomorrow, while the team will once again be captained by Hollymount Carramore's Stephen Coen.

This will be the 64th championship meeting of Mayo and Roscommon. Only Galway have played Mayo more often in the championship. Of the previous 63 meetings, Mayo have won 37, with Roscommon claiming victory 23 and three games ending up level.

Mayo have played 22 championship games in Dr. Hyde Park, their first being a 1-12 to 1-9 victory over Roscommon in 1975. Fifteen of those meetings have been against Roscommon, with Connacht finals against Sligo (three) and Leitrim also played in the Roscommon town venue, in addition to qualifier games against Westmeath, Limerick and Cavan.

The Green and Red have 16 wins against six defeats in Dr. Hyde Park, their last coming in 2001 when back-to-back defeats were suffered against Roscommon in the Connacht final and then Westmeath in what was Mayo's first outing in the newly introduced qualifiers.

Barry Cassidy from Derry has been announced as the referee for the game tomorrow (Saturday), which will throw in at 5 p.m. There will be live coverage on GAAGO and also on Midwest Radio with Michael D. McAndrew and Martin Carney, while Mayo GAA will have live update across all social media channel. If you want to attend in person, tickets can be purchased here.

The Mayo team in full is as follows: Colm Reape; Jack Coyne, David McBrien, Donnacha McHugh; Stephen Coen, Sam Callinan, Eoghan McLaughlin; Jack Carney, Matthew Ruane; Darren McHale, Ryan O'Donoghue, Jordan Flynn; Aidan O'Shea, Tommy Conroy, Cillian O'Connor.

The subs' bench features the folllowing: Rob Hennelly, Fergal Boland, Diarmuid Duffy, Enda Hession, Conor Loftus, Conor McStay, Eoin O'Donoghue, Padraig O'Hora, Michael Plunkett, Paul Towey, Bob Tuohy.