Mayo aim for All-Ireland ladies football final

Mayo aim for a first final appearance since 2017 when they face Kerry in Croke Park tomorrow.

Both said have named unchanged starting line-up for their Croke Park semi-final.

The green and red will feel they didn’t do themselves justice at Croke Park against Dublin last year. But manager Michael Moyles and his charges have the chance to make amends.

They’ll run into stiff opposition in the form of Kerry. The Kingdom line out in their first semi-final in five years, with ace forward Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh in scintillating form.

Ní Mhuircheartaigh will move ahead of Cork’s Doireann O’Sullivan as TG4 Senior Championship top scorer if she registers even a single point. Coming off the back of 2-6 against Armagh, it’s bound to happen.

Kerry, one of the game’s true aristocrats, haven’t contested a senior final since 2012 but under the shrewd tutelage of joint-managers Declan Quill and Darragh Long will fancy their chances.

Kerry have already tasted that winning feeling at Croke Park in 2022, having defeated Armagh in the Lidl NFL Division 2 Final.

It was Armagh that Kerry overcame again last weekend to reach Croke Park. This time in the All-Ireland series, as Mayo stunned Cork in their quarter-final.

Mayo may have lost some big names to the AFLW but they’re galvanised under Moyles and this is a side still packed with big-game experience.

Fiona McHale has been excellent this season, skipper Kathryn Sullivan is a born leader and the Cafferky sisters, Lisa and Sinead, have been influential too.

Kerry: C Butler, J O’Sullivan, K Cronin, E Lynch, A O’Connell, E Costello, C Murphy, L Scanlon, C Lynch, N Carmody, S O’Shea, A Galvin (capt.), K Brosnan, D O’Leary, L Ní Mhuircheartaigh.

Mayo: A Tarpey, É Ronayne, R Flynn, D Caldwell, T O’Connor, F McHale, K Sullivan (capt.), S Cafferky, A Geraghty, S Howley, S Walsh, S Mulvihill, L Cafferky, C Whyte, T Needham.