Cavan and Mayo name teams for TG4 All-Ireland SFC Group 4 Round 1 clash

2017 runners-up Mayo make their first appearance in this season’s TG4 All-Ireland senior championship series on Saturday when they take on Cavan.

The sides meet in Clones at 2.15pm, in the second game of a LIVE TG4 double-header (Armagh and Monaghan clash at 12.30pm).

It emerged this week that a number of players had departed the Mayo squad but manager Peter Leahy is still in the position to name a strong team.

Cavan will be hoping to make a bigger impact in the All-Ireland series this year after losing out to Waterford in the qualifiers.

The respective starting 15s from both counties have been announced, with Niamh Kelly confirmed as acting Mayo captain for the St Tiernach’s Park encounter, with injured skipper Aileen Gilroy among the substitutes.

Cavan team: 

1	Evelyn Baugh	Lurgan
2	Rachael Doonan	Templeport
3	Gráinne McGlade	Arva/Killeshandra
4	Joanne Moore	Lacken
5	Sinead Greene	Templeport
6	Laura fitzpatrick	St Finbarrs
7	Sinead O ‘Sullivan	Lacken
8	Nessa Byrd	Crosserlough
9	Donna English	Arva/Killeshandra
10	Catriona Smith	Killygarry
11	Aisling Maguire	Templeport
12	Catherine Dolan	Lurgan
13	Aishling Sheridan	Mullahoran
14	Bronagh Sheridan	Drumlane
15	Ciara Finnegan	Crosserlough

Mayo team: 

1	Sorcha Murphy	Cill Chomain
2	Emma Lowther	Knockmore
3	Nicola O Malley	Westport
4	Danielle Caldwell	Castlebar Mitchels
5	Rachel Kearns	CL McHale Rovers
6	Clodagh McManamon	Burrishoole
7	Kathryn Sullivan	Castlebar Mitchels
8	Norin Moran	Westport
9	Dayna Finn	Kiltimagh
10	Sarah Mulvihill	Knockmore
11	Fiona Doherty	Moy Davitts
12	Sinead Cafferky	Kilmovee Shamrocks
13	Niamh Kelly	Moy Davitts
14	Sarah Rowe	Kilmoremoy
15	Grace Kelly	Moy Davitts