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LGFA weekend previews… focus on the Ulster sides chasing glory on Bank Holiday weekend with venues, match times and all the line-ups

SATURDAY, MAY 2

TG4 Ulster Junior Championship

Antrim v London; Tír na nÓg, Randalstown, 2pm

Holders Antrim can book a slot in the TG4 Ulster Junior Championship final if they get the better of London. An opening round victory over Derry has left the Saffrons in a commanding position ahead of this home outing.

ANTRIM: H McGahey; E Kearns, M Blaney, A Mulholland; A Kelly, C Brown, D Coleman; O Dahunsi, L McNicholl; A McDonnell, M O’Neill, T Mellon; C Taggart, B Devlin (capt.), C Maguire.

LONDON: E Driscoll-Mooney; M McCarthy, A Durham, K Allenby; C Cottrell, N Crowley (capt.), S Killen; C Finnerty, E Mohan; E Douglas, M Woods, S Munnelly; M Jones, E Mulhern, E Bartley.

SUNDAY, MAY 3

TG4 Ulster Senior Championship

Donegal v Tyrone; Lifford, 3pm

Donegal were competitive against Armagh last weekend, losing out by just three points to the Ulster champions.

As Donegal aim to bounce back against Tyrone, manager James Daly has made two changes to his starting line-up, with Bláthnáid McLaughlin and Eva Gallagher replacing Ava Caulfield and Jodie McFadden in attack.

Tyrone haven’t played since defeating Tipperary in the final round of games in Division 2 of the Lidl National League.

There are five changes to the team that put 5-10 past the Premier County on that occasion, a tally not to be sniffed at when you consider that Tipperary beat Cork in Munster last weekend.

Grainne McKenna, Slaine McCarroll, Chloe McCaffrey, Emer McCanny and Niamh O’Neill all come into the starting line-up, with Ciara Colton, Aoife Quinn, Maeve Maxwell, Joanne Barrett and Cara McNamee listed among the subs.

DONEGAL: C Friel; N Carr, E McGinley, S McFeely; T Hegarty, F McManamon, S McFadden; U Boyle, R Rodgers (capt.); B McLaughlin, K Dowds, N Boyle; S White, E Gallagher, C McGarvey.

TYRONE: L Kane; J Hearty, G McKenna, E Quinn; C Canavan, M Corrigan, C Campbell; M Mallon, A McHugh (capt.); S McCarroll, C McCaffrey, E McCanny; N O’Neill, S Gormley, A Horisk.

TG4 Ulster Intermediate Championship – semi-final

Monaghan v Down; Éire Óg Smithboro, 1pm

Holders Cavan defeated Down in midweek to book their place in the TG4 Ulster Intermediate final. They now await the winners of Sunday’s semi-final between Down, runners-up last year, and Monaghan.

Monaghan were semi-finalists last year, losing out to Cavan by four points.

MONAGHAN: O Kelly; A Loughman, A McQuaid, K Nolan; M Monaghan, R Courtney (capt.), A Garland; M Atkinson, N Flanagan; C Treanor, C Courtney, A Mc Cormack; C McBride, L Maguire, E Sherry.

DOWN: M Deery; N Loudon, O Blaney, A Greene; N Edgar, E Sands, A Laverty; M Doherty, K Howlett; N King, L Duffy (capt.), N McClory; E Hicks, E Fitzpatrick, S Fettes.