The Championship shifts pace this coming weekend as the All-Ireland quarter-finals are set to be contested. On Sunday, at what's expected to be close to a full attendance at Croke Park, Mayo face the toughest of assignments as they take on Sam Maguire favourites Kerry, the team that beat them so comprehensively in this year's National League decider in early April.
To preview Sunday's big match, Rob Murphy is joined on the podcast by RTÉ's Kevin McStay and Tony Leen of the Irish Examiner. They talk about likely starting line-ups, defensive match-ups and what has to happen for Mayo to have a chance against a Kerry team that appears to be far more formidable than last year but about whom key questions still remain unanswered.
Kerry and Mayo also meet this weekend in the All-Ireland Minor semi-final so Kevin and Tony also discuss how that contest between two exciting young teams could play out on Saturday.
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which includes discussion on the strength in depth of the Kerry forward line and how Mayo's injured duo of Ryan O'Donoghue and Tommy Conroy would compare with those in the Green and Gold.
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