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The All-Ireland senior quarter-final pairings will be decided over a bumper weekend of action.
The pick of the bunch for many is the meeting of Dublin and Mayo at Dr Hyde Park in Roscommon on Saturday, with the Sky Blues looking for a repeat of last September’s final victory at Croke Park.
The counties also met in the recent Lidl NFL Division 1 decider, with Dublin coming out on top again.
There’s also a double-header down for decision at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe, with Westmeath facing off against Connacht champions Galway, before Munster standard-bearers Cork tackle an Armagh side hoping to make the last eight.
Seven of the eight quarter-finalists have already been confirmed, with Armagh or Monaghan to join Dublin, Cork, Galway, Donegal, Westmeath, Kerry and Mayo in the knockout stages.
SATURDAY
Group 4 - Round 3, Live on TG4
Mayo v Dublin, 1pm, Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
Referee: M Farrelly (Cavan)
The latest instalment of an intense recent rivalry will be played out at Dr Hyde Park.
The sides met in the 2017 TG4 All-Ireland final at Croke Park, in front of a record 46,286 attendance, before locking horns again in May’s Lidl NFL Division 1 final.
Dublin won both of those clashes, and also edged the Westerners under lights in Castlebar during the group stages of the League campaign.
Dublin boss Mick Bohan has made three changes to the side that accounted for Cavan last weekend, as Sinéad Goldrick, Leah Caffrey and Lyndsey Davey replace Muireann Uí Scanaill, Oonagh Whyte and Laura McGinley, who went off injured at half-time after netting two goals against the Breffni ladies.
Mayo manager Peter Leahy has opted for the same starting 15 that accounted for Cavan in round 1.
The winners of this tie will top Group 4 and face off against the second placed team from Group 1 in the quarter-finals, either Kerry or Donegal.
Bohan’s team includes 14 of the 15 players who started last September’s All-Ireland final – with Siobhán McGrath the sole change in place of Rachel Ruddy.
Dublin: C Trant; M Byrne, S Finnegan, L Caffrey; S Goldrick, N Collins, O Carey; S McGrath, L Magee; L Davey, N McEvoy, C Rowe; N Owens, N Healy, S Aherne.
Mayo: S Murphy; E Lowther, N O’Malley, D Caldwell; R Kearns, C McManamon, K Sullivan; N Moran, D Finn; S Mulvihill, F Doherty, S Cafferky; N Kelly, S Rowe, G Kelly.
Group 1 - Round 3, Live on Spórt TG4 YouTube, deferred showing on TG4 at 7pm
Kerry v Donegal, 3.00pm, Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
Referee: G Carmody (Roscommon)
Donegal and Kerry are both safely through to the All-Ireland quarter-finals and this fixture will decide who tops Group 1.
With Dublin or Mayo potential quarter-final opponents, Donegal and Kerry will be eager to top their pool and potentially avoid reigning All-Ireland champions Dublin in the last eight.
Donegal and Kerry have both made one change each to the starting teams that lined out in their respective victories over Tipperary.
Donegal beat the Premier County by three points last weekend, as Geraldine McLaughlin weighed in with a dozen white flags, and manager Maxi Curran has drafted in Emer Gallagher in place of Anna Maria McGlynn.
Kerry boss Eddie Sheehy has opted for Emma Dineen ahead of Sophie Lynch in the Kerry half-forward line.
Donegal: L Gallagher; T Doherty, N McLaughlin, D Foley; T McCafferty, C Hegarty, E Gallagher; K Herron, A McDonnell; K Guthrie, N Hegarty, SJ McDonald; G McLaughlin, Y Bonner, E Ward.
Kerry: L Fitzgerald; L Coughlan, S Murphy, E Lynch; D Kearney, A Desmond, A O’Connell; L Scanlon, A Brosnan; E Dineen, L Ni Mhuircheartaigh, A Foley; A Murphy, E O’Leary, S Houlihan.
Group 3 - Round 3
Westmeath v Galway, 2pm, Duggan Park, Ballinasloe, Galway
Referee: K Corcoran (Mayo)
Galway and Westmeath are also safely through to the TG4 All-Ireland quarter-finals – and this tie will determine who finishes on top of Group 3.
The winners of this game will face either Mayo or Dublin in the last eight – depending on who finishes second from Group 4.
Westmeath have had a fortnight off after edging past Waterford by just a single point in their opening group game.
Manager Stephen Maxwell has opted for an unchanged starting 15 which includes Leanne Slevin, match-winner against the Déise and scorer of five pointed frees in that game.
Galway boss Stephen Glennon has also opted for an unchanged team following last weekend’s 16-point defeat of Waterford.
The Connacht champions are one of the leading contenders for All-Ireland glory in September and football in the county is currently riding the crest of a wave, following recent national titles for the Minor A and U16 A teams.
Galway: L Murphy; F Cooney, S Lynch, S Burke; E Flaherty, N Ward, C Cooney; L Ward, A Davoren; O Divilly, T Leonard, A McDonagh; M Seoighe, R Leonard, L Coen.
Westmeath: K Walsh; L Power, R Dillon, N Feery; F Coyle, J Rogers, C Clarke McMahon; K McDermott, M A Foley; F Claffey, L Slevin, A Dolan; A Connolly, L McCartan, L Walsh.
Group 2 - Round 3
Cork v Armagh, 3.45pm, Duggan Park, Ballinasloe, Galway
Referee: G Chapman (Sligo)
Armagh’s TG4 All-Ireland quarter-final fate is in their own hands.
Even a defeat by 15 points would take the Orchard County through to the last eight on scoring difference, after Cork beat Monaghan by 16 last weekend.
Armagh drew with Monaghan in their opening fixture and are in a good position to make the quarter-finals, provided they avoid a big defeat.
After knocking 7-7 past Monaghan last weekend, Cork manager Ephie Fitzgerald has announced an unchanged starting line-up.
Once again, Fitzgerald has two excellent attacking options to call off the bench in Eimear Scally and Saoirse Noonan.
Scally impressed when introduced in the Monaghan clash and Noonan scored two goals when called upon.
That was the second championship game in succession that Noonan had rattled the opposition net in a substitute’s role.
The former underage star goaled twice in the Munster final victory over Kerry, her senior debut, and repeated that feat last weekend.
Armagh have made two changes to their starting line-up, with Aimee Mackin, who’s been carrying an injury, named to start ahead of Megan Sheridan.
Mackin's sister Blaithin drops to the bench, as Kelly Mallon earns a start.
Armagh: C O’Hare; S Marley, C Morgan, S Reel; M Tennyson, T Grimes, M McGuinness; C McCambridge, C O'Hanlon; M Moriarty, F McKenna, L McConville; A Mackin, A McCoy, K Mallon.
Cork: M O’Brien; C Collins, R Phelan, M Duggan; M O’Callaghan, S Kelly, E Spillane; A Hutchings, H Looney; C O’Sullivan, L Coppinger, O Farmer; A O’Sullivan, D O’Sullivan, O Finn.
Follow all the hurling this weekend via our live blogs on RTÉ.ie and the News Now App, watch television coverage of Galway v Clare on The Saturday Game Live, RTÉ 2, from 4.15pm and Cork v Limerick on The Sunday Game Live, RTÉ 2, from 2.45pm, or listen to exclusive national radio commentary of both games on Saturday Sport and Sunday Sport, RTÉ Radio 1. Highlights on The Sunday Game at 9.30pm on RTÉ2.
