Today’s PREVIEWS

All-Ireland SFC semi-final Monaghan v Tyrone, Croke Park, 3.30pm

TYRONE’S favouritism is sourced in how they have bossed their Ulster rivals in their two quarter-final meetings in 2013 and 2015. Monaghan rolled into both of those games stone cold as Ulster champions, but this time, just like Tyrone, they are on a red-hot roll. They are also a far better team than they were three years ago, while Tyrone’s progress has been more modest in nature. Tyrone may well quell the threat of Conor McManus, but that will hardly spook Malachy O’Rourke who will believe that there is enough quality in his team to get over the line.

Verdict: Monaghan

TG4 All-Ireland Ladies’ Senior Championship Quarter-Final Galway v Mayo; 3pm, Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon (LIVE on TG4 Player, deferred TV showing at 7pm).

IN A repeat of the Connacht final, Galway and Mayo lock horns again but this time in a knock-out Championship fixture. Mayo claimed a morale-boosting victory over Cavan in the qualifiers. But Galway are one of the favourites for All-Ireland glory. There’s one change on the Galway team that excelled against Westmeath in the final group fixture. Catriona Cormican, who appeared as a half-time sub on that occasion, is handed a start as Áine McDonagh drops to the bench. Leahy, meanwhile, has named an unchanged team for Mayo from the Dublin game.

GALWAY: L Murphy; N Connolly, S Lynch, S Burke; E Flaherty, N Ward, C Cooney; L Ward, A Davoren; O Divilly, T Leonard, C Cormican; S Conneally, R Leonard, L Coen.

MAYO: S Murphy; E Lowther, N O’Malley, D Caldwell; R Kearns, C McManamon, K Sullivan; N Moran, D Finn; S Mulvihill, F Doherty, L Cafferky; N Kelly, S Rowe, G Kelly.

TG4 All-Ireland Ladies’ Senior Championship Quarter-Final Dublin v Kerry; 5pm, Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon (LIVE, TG4)

A REPEAT of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final sees Dublin and Kerry lock horns a round earlier. Dublin ran out 5-10 to 0-11 winners on that occasion but Kerry did get within five points of the Sky Blues during the group stages of the Lidl National League Division 1 campaign earlier this year. Kerry are a settled bunch again and there’s just one change to the starting team that lined out against Donegal, with Laoise Coghlan coming in for Andrea Murphy. Dublin, meanwhile, will announce their starting 15 closer to game time. KERRY: L Fitzgerald; L Coughlan, A Desmond, E Lynch; D Kearney, S Murphy, A O’Connell; L Scanlon, A Brosnan; E Dineen, L Ní Mhuircheartaigh, A Foley; K O’Sullivan, E O’Leary, S Houlihan.