MAYO MANAGER STEPHEN Rochford has made four changes to his side to face Dublin in their National Football League clash in Castlebar tomorrow night (throw-in 7pm, live on eir sport).
In a repeat of last year’s All-Ireland senior final, the Westerners are in real need of a win to keep their 2019 Division 1 hopes alive following back-to-back defeats.
Breffy’s Rob Hennelly takes the number one jersey ahead of David Clarke for the MacHale Park showdown while 2017 Footballer of the Year Andy Moran, David Drake and Adam Gallagher all start.
The injured Paddy Durcan, suspended Cillian O’Connor and Conor Loftus are the three other players to make way.
Mayo
1) Rob Hennelly – Breaffy
2) Caolan Crowe – Garrymore
3) Ger Cafferkey – Ballina Stephenites
4) Eoin O’Donoghue – Belmullet
5) Colm Boyle – Davitts
6) Michael Hall – Breaffy
7) David Drake – Ballaghaderreen
8) Stephen Coen – Hollymount/Carramore
9) Jason Gibbons – Ballintubber
10) Kevin McLoughlin – Knockmore
11) Aidan O’Shea – Breaffy
12) Diarmuid O’Connor – Ballintubber
13) Jason Doherty – Burrishoole
14) Andy Moran – Ballaghaderreen
15) Adam Gallagher – Mayo Gaels
A list of substitutes has not yet been released.
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Hopefully Ringrose’s omission isn’t down to injury.
Shame that Craig Evans has been given this game. It’s deserving of a competent referee.
@teuO6nLS: Yes it is odd given Henshaw played the whole 6 nations and has a poor injury record, you’d think he’d rest up and Ringrose would start. Also is Osborne a better 12 or 13?
@Andrew Slazenger: 12 I think
Love this selection, strong but not full strength and then a really powerful bench. Porter finally gets a break! The first for so long; Excited by Milne prob getting 30/35 mins in a big game
Leinster will have to go full strength for the rest of the season, Cullen got his team selection‘s totally wrong last season and ended up trophy less. They need to learn from what Munster did last season.
@Liam23: I reckon they’ll still try to get away without sending the first teamers to SA. Winning this game would make that less risky
@Liam23: Get beaten in the last 16 of the Champions Cup?
@James: You ok hun?
@Mistral: Fine, thanks for asking. And you?
Going to be a cracker this ….and probably the URC final…
@Stuart: Should be a great game. Two excellent teams. Think the Leinster bench just edges it… It’s a seriously impressive pack of forwards to come on in the 2nd half. Looking forward to it!
@Stuart: unless they meet in the semi final again it will be a leinster munster final.
@Stuart: the rumour mill still turning around Johan Grobbelaar moving to Munster?
@Mark Murphy: yes i see that big bench for Leinster . Think they will be looking for statement win, class all over the park.i do however think that bulls pack is incredibly tough in the grind and back 3 outstanding and the linking between backs and forwards has been really good this deason…Jake white is going for the win..no better test for the boys for m Pretoria or at least to measure their progress to date ..
@Thesaltyurchin: top in form quality hooker would be a good buy , bulls now have akker VDM so would be surprised to see them let another hooker go given the depth they are building to properly compete for trophies across the Champions cup and URC …but money and strategy change things I guess
@Stuart: Spot on. Bulls are coming for win no doubt. If they can get a relatively dry track they have the talent to do damage. Really looking forward to seeing Moodie at 13. Absolute dynamite on his day and it should be a massive clash between himself and Henshaw.
@chris mcdonnell: After Leinster, Bulls have 5 URF games in SA, including Munster. I think they are in the best place to finish in the top 2 – even more so than Leinster. This would guarantee home QF & SF and maybe even the final and makes a Leinster v Munster final hard to see unless one of them go to Pretoria and win a SF. If Leinster lose tonight and then send a shallow squad to play Sharks and Stormers, the URC becomes very difficult to win!
Not healthy for Irish rugby Healy is getting the start ahead of Milne. Best thing about this game there is no hiding for Cullen. High quality personnel isn’t going to cover up average coaching, which has been clear since Lancaster left. Bulls are a serious side, Leinster could be in trouble here
@Eoin H: given it’s the attack that has gone backwards it would seem Andrew Goodman, Ireland’s new attack coach, should carry at least some of the burden for the quality of coaching
@teuO6nLS: Goodman was with Samoa the whole pre season but yes should still be better. I have a big issue with Mcrbryde and how poor and inconsistent the Leinster scrum has been under his reign compared to Fogarty and I mean Leinster under Cullen before Lancaster speaks for itself
@Eoin H: yeah average coaching which has led to the team struggling in both comps.
Oh wait!
@Eoin H: Bit early to be on the sauce?
@Eoin H: Bulls 4/1 with Paddy Power if you fancy them.
@Eoin H: healy is a fantastic loosehead and way ahead of milne. Cullen has made personal mistakes at the end of the last 2 season but it’s not a coaching thing.
@Eoin H: Or… you could take the view that when he comes on after 50 mins, he will be packing down with 2/3rds of the Irish front row. I think that is far more beneficial.
Henshaw will have work cut out for him w Moodie, freakish talent. Should be some game
@Conor: really enjoy watching moodie play. Superb talent.
@Niall English: same as balacoune
@Gary Galligan: hahah Robert is this you?
@Conor: Same as Larmour with Le Roux..
@Dave Moran: if Arendse gets a sniff of a 1 v 1 with JL it’s goodnight Irene. Also great to see Conan start
Great to see Russell and Osborne getting a start in a big game – Turner the other back who deserves more big games
Which Big Joe will show up? The one that played vs France or the one that went missing during then anthems in Twickenham?
@mWhSNsK2: Along with POM.
@James: the same POM that had more than twice the amount of metres gained, twice the amount of carries and nearly twice the amount of tackles than the enforcer? Fair enough
@mWhSNsK2: he’s 22 Tony. I’d hazard a guess you weren’t the complete package in your respective field at that age. He’s learning
@Conor: if he’s completely anonymous in 2 consecutive international games, questions should be asked is he ready to consistently ready to play at that level
@mWhSNsK2: I think his game against France and some moments against wales give him the benefit of the doubt – for now. He’s got big competition coming (Ahern, edogbo and James Ryan with a point to prove. We need all of the above to compete on tours like SA
@mWhSNsK2: POM performed poorly and his Munster starting place is under pressure from Ahern too – valid questions being asked
@Tony Moloney:not sure why you choose to put down a 22 year old but hey. So according to ESPN pom carried for 1 meter more than Joe v England. Pom made 1 less tackle, pom also recored 1 turnover, Joe didn’t lose the ball. Their penalty count was the same but pom had one of his frequent yellow cards in that game. Not sure where you pulled you figures from but I’d say you use andrex to clean it.
@chris mcdonnell: that’s a turnover conceded by the way
Advantage Leinster considering the Bulls have travelled.
@Jofus Soap:
More talented team anyways.
Big weight on Harry’s shoulders tonight. We need Luke to have his best game,backline very raw