Irish Daily Mail

KEEPING FAITH

No changes for Mayo in their bid to land Sam

- By PHILIP LANIGAN

WITH no change of goalkeeper and no sign of Aidan O’Shea lining out at fullback – it seems Mayo have decided against pulling another rabbit from the hat for tomorrow’s All-Ireland senior football final against three-in-a-row chasing Dublin. The official starting 15 is along expected lines with Stephen Rochford (left) naming the same personnel who beat Kerry for the first time in the Championsh­ip since 1996. It’s the long gap to 1951 that Mayo now have to bridge with the team featuring 13 survivors from last year’s All-Ireland final replay which went against them by the narrowest of margins, 1-15 to 1-14. The two difference­s concern the goalkeeper — David Clarke replacing Rob Hennelly who endured the most fraught of finals, and

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