Mayo host Dublin in LGFA Senior Championship opener

Mayo have shuffled their pack for the visit of defending champions Dublin in the opening round of the TG4 LGFA Senior Championship.

Diane O'Hora and her management team have opted for three changes to the team that lost narrowly against Galway in the Connacht final.

Goalkeeper Julia Gawalkiewicz replaces Laura Brennan between the postrs, while further up the field, Suzanne Tuohy and Maria Reilly come in for Saoirse Delaney and Tara Needham.

The team in full is as follows: Julia Gawalkiewicz; Lucy Wallace, Sherin El Massry, Méabh Delaney; Ella Brennan, Lynda Hanley, Hannah Reape; Aoife Geraghty, Fiona McHale; Suzanne Tuohy, Maria Reilly, Aoife Staunton; Lisa Cafferky, Sinéad Walsh, Sinéad Cafferky.

Meanwhile, Dublin begin their quest for back-to-back All-Ireland senior titles with a 13th successive Leinster crown secured, though they had to work hard against Kildare in their provincial decider before eventually getting the job done.

Captain Carla Rowe and Jodi Egan return to the starting Sky Blues line-up, with Rachel Hartnett and Kate Donaghy making way.

The champions' starting team is as follows: Abby Shiels; Niamh Crowley, Leah Caffrey, Hannah Leahy; Sophie McIntyre, Lauren Magee, Hannah McGinnis; Niamh Hetherton, Orlagh Nolan; Annabelle Timothy, Carla Rowe, Caoimhe O'Connor; Michelle Davoren, Laura Grendon, Jodi Egan.

The match, a Group 3 encounter, will be played on Sunday (June 7) in Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, Castlebar, throwing in at 1 p.m. There will be live coverage of the action on TG4.