Dublin stick with same 15 but Mayo are missing 10 from last year’s final

The old enemies but one comes back into battle wounded.

It's hard to play down any confrontation between these two giants of Gaelic football but it's even more difficult to see how Mayo can stop the Dublin juggernaut this early in the year with this many absences. Stephen Rochford and the second best team in Ireland welcome the champions to Castlebar on Saturday night and, to say they're understrength is an understatement. In fact, of the Mayo team that lost in September by a point in the All-Ireland final, there are only five starting in this league clash against the Dubs. Mayo v Dublin (7pm) 1. Rob Hennelly - Breaffy 2. Caolan Crowe - Garrymore 3. Ger Cafferkey - Ballina Stephenites 4. Eoin O’Donoghue - Belmullet 5. Colm Boyle - Davitts 6. Michael Hall - Breaffy 7. David Drake - Ballaghaderreen 8. Stephen Coen - Hollymount/ 9. Jason Gibbons - Ballintubber 10. Kevin McLoughlin - Knockmore 11. Aidan O’Shea - Breaffy 12. Diarmuid O’Connor - Ballintubber 13. Jason Doherty - Burrishoole 14. Andy Moran - Ballaghaderreen 15. Adam Gallagher - Mayo Gaels That means they're missing some serious operators. They're missing Harrison and Barrett, Higgins and Keegan, Durcan and Vaughan, Seamus O'Shea and Parsons and Cillian O'Connor and, for this game, Rob Hennelly has been recalled to the starting number one jersey with David Clarke missing out. Their work is cut out for them though. Dublin are in town and they've not only just been beaten once in three seasons but they're also travelling out west with an even stronger squad than the one which has led them to three league wins in succession but Jim Gavin is keeping faith with the same side that beat Donegal. https://twitter.com/DubGAAOfficial/status/967368695914881025 Diarmuid Connolly is expected to be named on the bench for the side for the first time this season. The playmaker captain Vincent's to a Dublin title in the autumn but hasn't featured for his county yet.