When is mayo playing donegal

Both sides come into this second round fixture on the back of opening day wins and whoever wins can this evening can open up a gap at the top of the table. League encounters between the two counties are always closely fought affairs and in their last seven meetings since , Mayo have won four times and Donegal three. Since they have been tag-teaming the wins with Mayo winning their most recent league battle in the opening round of the league last year, to They hit an unanswered in the final five minutes last weekend to secure a win and the points over their Connacht rivals as they trailed by six points before a late Rachel Kearns penalty and a couple of points gave them the edge in a to victory.

New manager Michael Moyles had the Kelly sisters, Niamh and Grace, who were in Australia earlier this year playing in AFLW were back in the Mayo fold last weekend as was experienced midfielder Fiona McHale and her Carnacon team-mates who had not been involved in the Mayo panel since Curran saw his charges, a mix of experience and youth in a newish look team, account for Westmeath, with new captain Niamh McLaughlin leading by example.

Curran will hope his side will hit the ground running after blowing out the cobwebs last weekend, something he admitted took them a bit of time to do, upping the ante for their second half performance more in line with what he is looking for in the season ahead.

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