Mayo Senior Football Team Announced

Mayo Senior Football Team Announced

Press Release www.mayogaa.com

 

Mayo senior football manager Kevin McStay has made two changes to the team that started against Derry last weekend for the final round of the Allianz National Football League this Sunday 23rd March at 3:45pm at Hastings Insurance MacHale Park.

Davitt Neary Breaffy and Darren McHale Knockmore replace Conor Reid and Jack Carney.

Stephen Coen Hollymount Carramore will captain the team on the day. Stephen will make his 125th league and championship appearance, which puts him in joint 10th place alongside Cillian O’ Connor on Mayo’s all-time list. 

 

Mayo and Donegal have met in League action on 18 occasions, since their first meeting in 1940. Donegal hold the upper-hand, with seven victories to Mayo’s five, with six drawn encounters. It is interesting to note that 14 of these meetings between the counties have taken place in the last 20 years, before that they seldom met in League fare.

 

Ten of the sixteen meetings have taken place in Donegal, in Ballybofey (6), Ballyshannon (3), with one meeting in Letterkenny. Of Mayo’s six home games, four were played in MacHale Park, with two played in Ballina. The 2007 final meeting was played in Croke Park, while the 2022 meeting, a home game for Mayo, was played in Markievicz Park, Sligo, while the Hastings Insurance MacHale Park pitch was being upgraded.

 

Four of the drawn meetings have taken place in the last 9 years, which shows that encounters between these two west coast counties are generally very competitive. Today should be no different as both counties gear up for the championship season ahead, with the winners having a good chance of making next weekend’s League Final.

 

Joe McQuillan Cavan will be the referee on the day.

The game will be live TG4 Youtube Channel: https://youtube.com/live/MGQX4IL1lLY

Live broadcast on Midwest Radio with Michael D McAndrew and Colm Boyle on commentary.

There will be live update across all Mayo GAA social media platforms on Sunday afternoon.

 

Purchase your tickets here:

https://am.ticketmaster.com/gaa/mayofbleague

 

Mayo Senior Football Team is as Follows:

  1. Colm Reape Knockmore
  2. Jack Coyne Ballyhaunis
  3. Donnacha McHugh Castlebar Mitchels
  4. Enda Hession Garrymore
  5. Sam Callinan Ballina Stephenites
  6. David McBrien Ballaghaderreen
  7. Fenton Kelly Davitts
  8. Stephen Coen (C) Hollymount Carramore
  9. Matthew Ruane Breaffy
  10. Davitt Neary Breaffy
  11. Darren McHale Knockmore
  12. Jordan Flynn Crossmolina Deel Rovers
  13. Aidan O’Shea Breaffy
  14. Frank Irwin Ballina Stephenites
  15. Ryan O’Donoghue Béal an Mhuirthead

 

Management Team:

Manager: Kevin McStay

Selectors: Stephen Rochford, Donie Buckley, Damien Mulligan & Joe Canney

Goalkeeper Coach: Gary Matthews