Mayo face Kildare in do-or-die championship encounter

The 2024 TG4 LGFA All-Ireland Senior Championship continues over the weekend, with four key fixtures down for decision.

In Group 4, Mayo face a do-or-die clash at home to Kildare following defeat against Dublin at Parnell Park last Sunday.

The Lilywhites, meanwhile, are heading into the All-Ireland series hoping to absorb Leinster Championship lessons, in which they suffered defeats to Dublin and Meath. They did finish the provincial campaign on a high, however, with victory over Laois.

Manager Diane O’Hora – a former All-Ireland winner with her native Mayo – welcomes back a host of key names as she makes nine changes in personnel.

Fiona Troute, Aoife Clifford, Lara Gilbert, Ruth Sargent, captain Grace Clifford, Claire Sullivan, Neasa Dooley, Ellen Dowling and Niamh Farrelly are all named to start against Mayo tomorrow, with Aine Mernagh, Laoise Lenehan, Mia Doherty, Ellie O’Toole, Aoife Kilkenny, Elaine Keogh, Sarah Munnelly, Erin Brereton Foley and Holly Tyrrell, who netted twice against Laois, dropping out.

Mayo have opted for changes too after the Dublin defeat, with Fionnuala McLaughlin and Sinéad Cafferky coming in for Ciara Needham and Fiona McHale.

The Mayo team in full is as follows: L. Brennan; S. Lally, N. O’Malley, K. Sullivan; É. Ronayne, C. Durkan, D. Caldwell; A. Geraghty, E. Murray; F. McLaughlin, A. Gough, S. Cafferky; A. Staunton, M. Cannon, L. Cafferky.

The Kildare starting team is: A. Dunlea; F. Troute, A. Clifford, A. Reynolds; L. Gilbert, R. Sargent, L. Murtagh; G. Clifford, C. Sullivan; T. Duggan, N. Dooley, L. Doran; E. Dowling, A. Rattigan, N. Farrelly.

The game will throw in at 2 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) at James Stephens Park, Ballina. It will be available to view on the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel.

The other senior games down for decision tomorrow are Cork v Galway, Kerry v Waterford (both live on TG4) and Tipperary v Armagh (available on the Spórt TG4 YouTube channel).