Galway finishers to start

Galway will take on Sligo in tomorrow evening's National Football League semi-final at Dr Hyde Park with the same team that finished…

Galway will take on Sligo in tomorrow evening's National Football League semi-final at Dr Hyde Park with the same team that finished against Kerry last Sunday. Manager John O'Mahony has resisted the temptation to change and named the same 15 that ended with a six-point win over the All-Ireland champions.

Matthew Clancy, who replaced Sean O Domhnaill at half-time, now starts at right half-forward and Joe Bergin starts at midfield in partnership with Michael Donnellan.

The first of the all-Connacht semi-finals is a repeat of last summer's provincial semi-final, which Galway won 0-22 to 0-4.

Roscommon manager John Tobin has made two changes from the team that earned the other semi-final spot against Mayo with the two-point win over Donegal last weekend.

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Fergal O'Donnell regains his starting place at midfield in a indirect swap with Eddie Lohan, who drops to the bench. Don Connellan returns from injury and starts at wing forward, with Seamus O'Neill the player to lose out there.

Opponents Mayo won't make a final team declaration until tomorrow, the main reason being the county's involvement in this evening's All-Ireland under-21 football semi-final against Meath in Longford. Four senior players are involved.

It is also expected that manager Pat Holmes will have the services of a number of players from All-Ireland club champions Crossmolina, with the exception of Kieran McDonald.

The under-21 team has been forced to make one change from the side that strolled past Sligo. Full back Paul Finnerty is out and Seamus Grimes will be the indirect replacement at wing back, with Pat Kelly going to full back.

The four senior players set to start are James Gill, Ronan Loftus, Trevor Mortimer and Marty McNicholas.

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics