Sunday May 13

Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final

Mayo v Galway, Elverys MacHale Park, 4pm

The western rivals collide in Castlebar in one of the most eagerly anticipated Connacht Championship clashes for years.

Galway surprised Mayo in 2016 and 2017, but the Green and Red reached All Ireland finals in those two campaigns.

That was a reminder of Mayo's standing nationally, but Galway took ample encouragement from their excellent return to Division One of the Allianz Football League.

Galway hadn't dined at the top table since 2011, but Kevin Walsh's emerging team reached the decider with several promising young footballers acquiring considerable experience.

Playing Mayo, though, in the MacHale Park cauldron will be another step up. Mayo were irked to lose their last two Connacht matches against Galway so Stephen Rochford's outfit are firmly focused. This could go the distance.

MAYO: David Clarke; Eoin O’Donoghue, Ger Cafferkey, Keith Higgins; Patrick Durcan, Colm Boyle, Stephen Coen; Seamus O’Shea, Tom Parsons; Kevin McLoughlin, Aidan O’Shea, Diarmuid O’Connor; Conor Loftus, Cillian O’Connor, Andy Moran.

GALWAY: Ruairi Lavelle; Declan Kyne, Seán Andy Ó Ceallaigh, Eoghan Kerin; Gary O’Donnell, Gareth Bradshaw, Cathal Sweeney; Tom Flynn, Cathal Duggan; Shane Walsh, Paul Conroy, Johnny Heaney; Sean Armstrong, Damien Comer, Barry McHugh.