SATURDAY July 29
TG4 All-Ireland SFC semi-finals
Kerry v Mayo, Semple Stadium, Thurles, 5pm
Cork v Dublin, Semple Stadium, Thurles, 7.30pm
ONLINE
Live blogs on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News app.
TV
Both games live on TG4.
RADIO
Live commentary and updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport. Also live updates on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta's Spórt an tSathairn.
WEATHER
Saturday will be a blustery day with sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy. Highest temperatures of 19 or 20 degrees in moderate to fresh and gusty westerly winds. Fore more see met.ie
It's two meeting of familiar foes in Thurles tomorrow, with places in the All-Ireland final at stake.
Danielle O’Leary comes into the Kerry starting line-up at at full-forward for the unfortunate Síofra O'Shea, who was diagnosed with a second cruciate knee ligament injury in three seasons this week.
Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh takes over from O’Shea as team captain for what is a repeat of the 2022 All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo.
O’Leary’s inclusion is the only change in personnel for Kerry from the team that defeated three-in-a-row-seeking champions Meath in the quarter-finals.
In the last eight, Mayo scored a last-gasp victory over Connacht rivals Galway in Salthill and manager Michael Moyles has named an unchanged starting line-up.
This is a third successive semi-final appearance for Mayo, and they’ll be itching to get one over on Kerry following defeat at the penultimate hurdle last year.
But Mayo, targeting a first final appearance since 2017, will have to improve significantly to take on a Kerry side viewed by many as favourites to lift the Brendan Martin Cup on 13 August.
Kerry: C Butler; E Lynch, K Cronin, C Murphy; A O’Connell, E Costello, C Lynch; L Scanlon, L Galvin; N Carmody, N Ní Chonchúir, A Galvin; H O’Donoghue, D O’Leary, L Ní Mhuircheartaigh.
Mayo: L Brennan; S Lally, C McManamon, D Caldwell; É Ronayne, C Needham, K Sullivan (capt.); A Geraghty, F McHale; S Cafferky, R Kearns, S Mulvihill; T Needham, D Doherty, S Walsh.
Cork boss Shane Ronayne and his Dublin counterpart Mick Bohan have both made alterations ahead of Saturday’s semi-final.
Cork dug out a gritty quarter-final win away to Armagh and Ronayne has handed starts to Aoife Healy and Bríd O’Sullivan for the Dublin game, with Laura O’Mahony and dual player Orlaith Cahalane dropping to the bench.
Dublin were impressive in their quarter-final win away to Donegal and Bohan has made just one change in personnel for the trip to Semple Stadium, with Ellen Gribben replacing Niamh Donlon in defence.
These sides will meet in championship football for the first time since the 2020 final at Croke Park, which was played behind closed doors and saw Dublin complete the four-in-a-row.
It’s also a first semi-final clash between the counties since 2019 and this fixture will revive memories of some classic meetings from yesteryear.
Dublin are aiming for a first final since 2021, while Cork will look to get back to the decider for the first time since that 2020 defeat.
Cork: M O’Sullivan; M Duggan, E Meaney, R Phelan; A Ryan, S Kelly, A Healy; M O’Callaghan (capt.), H Looney; D Kiely, C O’Sullivan, B O’Sullivan; L Coppinger, D O’Sullivan, E Cleary.
Dublin: A Shiels; N Crowley, L Caffrey, A Kane; L Magee, M Byrne, E Gribben; J Dunne, E O’Dowd; C O’Connor, O Nolan, K Sullivan; H Tyrrell, C Rowe (capt.), J Egan.
Follow a live blog the All-Ireland Ladies Football Championships semi-finals this Saturday, Kerry v Mayo at 5pm and Dublin v Cork at 7.30pm, on RTÉ.ie/Sport and the RTÉ News app or listen to Saturday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1
