Three key matchups ahead of Mayo Ladies Championship final

SARAH MULVIHILL V AOIFE GERAGHTY

If we're talking heartbeats of Sunday's challengers to the throne, look no further than 'Captain Fantastic'.

When it comes to the winning and losing of ties with the potential to be as tight as this, the engine room can often be a huge flashpoint.

Choosing who to thrust into that spot is a simple task when you have someone of Sarah Mulvihill's ilk.

Her game is about far more than the role of catching the O'Neills in the centre of the park. Sometimes, she more resembles the conductor of the orchestra, leading from the front and dictating the flow of her side.

She is the heartbeat of the Saffron and Blue machine. She makes them tick, and her ability to chip in on the scoreboard with 1-7 across the campaign to date is also a notable tool in the arsenal of this footballer.

She'll get her fill of it in the middle of the MacHale Park turf when she goes toe-to-toe with a certain Aoife Geraghty.

Geraghty, much like her midfield adversary, has ploughed the field with Mayo over the years to great effect, and is an important player in an already-stacked deck for the county champions.

She is a driving force, and her 'no messing' style of play is one which reverberates around her peers.

She can play her part whether it be at one end of the pitch slotting points over the bar or in copper-fastening Westport's defence.

If either side is to come out on top of a ferocious tango, this match-up could well end up being the winning and losing of the tie.