Two changes to Mayo Ladies ahead of Kerry championship joust

Mayo Ladies manager Liam McHale has made a duo of changes to his starting side as they prepare to face Kerry in the LGFA All-Ireland Championship opener in Tralee.

Saturday afternoon’s tie against the reigning All-Ireland will seriously test the mettle of the Green and Red, as they head into the Lion’s Den in a bid to upset the applecart and get their All-Ireland Series off to a winning start.

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For the Tralee trip, the Mayo management has decided to mostly keep the faith with the side that started the Connacht decider against Galway.

There are two offensive changes. Rangy Knockmore forward Clodagh Keane proved a handful for the Galway rearguard in Castlebar, and she comes in at full-forward in place of the evergreen Kathryn O’Sullivan.

The other change sees Alannagh Devereux, a late sub in the previous tie, come into the fold to replace Chelsea Doherty.

The team lines out as follows:

Mayo Ladies: J Gawalkiewicz; L Wallace, N O’Malley, C Durkin; D Caldwell, E Brennan, S El Masry; H Reape, S Lally; C Whyte, S Walsh, A McDonnell; E Murray, C Keane, A Devereux.