And so it's Kerry v Armagh in the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 1 final, with Nadine Doherty taken by the smothering tactics the Kingdom have employed in recent times.
Croke Park is the venue for the top-tier decider on Sunday 7 April. The game has a 3pm throw-in, with the Division 2 final preceding it at 1pm. Also on the same day is the clash of Galway v Waterford at Pearse Stadium in Salthill, in what is essentially a relegation play-off to determine who will join Cork in Division 2 next year. It's a 2pm throw-in, a start-time that is not ideal given what will be played out at GAA HQ at the same time.
"I'm sure in the background somebody will say there is a reason for it... pitches and fixtures and so on," said Nadine Doherty on 2fm's Game On.
"Surely a pitch could have been got on Saturday to play this game.
"It's a massive fixture; it's really massive. If Galway lose that game, you are looking at two teams, including Cork, who have been at the top-tier for so long, and Galway possibly being relegated.
"It will also be a really good game of football because there is so much on the line. It [the schedulling] can't do anything good for the promotion of the game. It's really disappointing."
Looking ahead to the Division 1 finale, the former Donegal player spoke about Kerry being more economical than last weekend's opponents Galway when it came to making it count on the scoreboard.
"The difference between the teams was Kerry's ability to be clinical when they were on top, whereas Galway had long spells of control in the game and Nicola Ward was driving things on. But they weren't able to take those goal chances that would have got them over the line.
"In fairness to Kerry they've improved even more this year in terms of being clinical and what I really like about them is that their squad is growing. Different leaders are stepping up and they have huge options all over the pitch. They were impressive and got the job done."
Doherty went on to highlight one aspect of Kerry's approach to games, when adding: "One thing that stood out and I think they'll adopt the same tactic in Croke Park is that tactic of smothering the player on the ball. I suppose that came to the fore with the Tyrone's men's team 20 years ago.
"It's illegal in Ladies football, you can't do that, but they are doing it to great effect and are winning possession, the opposition are being caught for over-carrying. In Ladies football you got to tap the ball away from the solo. Kerry are just getting a bit more clever and I think they are very well positioned for this final.
As for Kerry's opponents, Armagh were minus key players as they suffered a mauling from Dublin in their final regulation game.
"For Armagh, it's not a great result going into a league final," was Doherty's assesment of that 24-point defeat.
"It's still at the back of your head '7-10 to 1-04'. I know players got game time but for what reason? Gregory McGonagle made a huge number of substitutions. Are those players, realistically, going to feature later on in the championship? In my view, I don't think so."
Dublin's emphatic victory, a clear indication that they remain the standard-bearers.
"When a team challenges like Armagh are at the moment and are top of the table, Dublin have this wonderful capacity to let teams know who's the boss and they did that," said Doherty.
"Granted Armagh made several changes, the most notable being Aimee Mackin, Caroline O'Hanlon and Aoife, their three main players, being absent.
"Armagh's panel is much smaller than Dublin or Kerry's. If Dublin made those changes such a demolition would not happen."
