Two changes for Mayo ladies crunch clash with Kildare
Mayo manager Liam McHale has brought in Fionnuala McLaughlin and Sinéad Cafferky for a crunch tie with Kildare.
Mayo ladies manager Liam McHale has made two changes for their do-or-die All-Ireland Senior Championship clash against Kildare in Ballina.
The Green and Red were well beaten by Dublin last weekend and will need swift improvement. Coming into the team are Fionnuala McLaughlin and Sinéad Cafferky, replacing Ciara Needham and Fiona McHale
The Lilywhites, meanwhile, are heading into the All-Ireland series hoping to absorb Leinster Championship lessons, as they suffered defeats to Dublin and Meath.
Kildare did finish the provincial campaign on a high, however, with victory over Laois.
Manager Diane O’Hora - a former All-Ireland winner with Mayo as a player - 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, 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.
The game throws-in at 2pm in James Stephens Park tomorrow (Saturday), and the game will be broadcast live on the Sport TG4 YouTube channel.
