One change for Mayo as Tyrone come to town

Mayo senior football team manager Kevin McStay has made one change to his team that started against Galway last time out in the Allianz National Football League.

Eoghan McLaughlin will replace Sam Callinan as McStay's men face Tyrone on Sunday (February 16) at 1.45 p.m. in round three of the league in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, Castlebar. Stephen Coen will captain the team on the day.

Mayo and Tyrone meet in the league for the 33rd time since the first meeting in the 1973/74 campaign, a game that was also played in MacHale Park.

Before that, Tyrone usually played the other Ulster counties in the Lagan Cup, which was the northern section of the league. As they didn’t enjoy any great success in the competition, they never crossed paths with Mayo before then.

The rivalry between the counties since 1974 has always been intense, as can be gauged from the closeness of some of the scorelines and with six games drawn. Tyrone have 14 victories to Mayo’s 12.

Hastings Insurance MacHale Park has hosted the most meetings (12), followed by Healy Park in Omagh (10), with Ballina, Coalisland and Dungannon hosting two meetings each, and Crossmolina, Ballyhaunis and Knockmore one meeting each. The counties' 2002 semi-final meeting was held in Enniskillen.

Castlebar and Omagh have become the venues at which these two counties meet in the league in modern times. The last meeting at a venue other than these was the 2002 semi-final meeting, and before that their 1995 meeting which took place in Dungannon

Derry referee Barry Cassidy will be the man in the middle for Sunday's encounter, which will be covered live on Midwest Radio with Michael D. McAndrew and David Clarke on commentary.

This game is also live on TG4, with the broadcast starting at 1.30 p.m., while Mayo GAA will have live updates across all social media channels. Tickets can be purchased here.

The team in full is as follows: Colm Reape; Sean Morahan, Rory Brickenden, Enda Hession; Stephen Coen, David McBrien, Eoghan McLaughlin; Donnacha McHugh, Matthew Ruane; Conor Reid, Fergal Boland, Davitt Neary; Paul Towey, Frank Irwin, Ryan O'Donoghue.