compiled by Jackie Cahill

There are 22 survivors from the teams that lined out in the 2017 TG4 All-Ireland ladies senior football final in Dublin and Mayo's starting line-ups for Sunday's eagerly-anticipated Lidl NFL Division 1 final at Parnell Park (4.0).

Dublin boss Mick Bohan and his Mayo counterpart Peter Leahy have both revealed teams laced with big-match experience.

Bohan has gone with 12 of the team that started at Croke Park last September while Leahy has opted for ten.

From the TG4 All-Ireland winning side, Bohan is going with all bar defenders Sinead Finnegan and Rachel Ruddy, along with attacker Carla Rowe.

Ruddy is unavailable to Bohan this year while Finnegan and Rowe are working their way back from recent injuries.

Leahy, meanwhile, will not be calling upon Cora Staunton for the League showpiece, while fellow long-serving stars Martha Carter, who recently rejoined the Mayo squad, and goalkeeper Yvonne Byrne won't be involved either.

The immediate futures of Staunton and Byrne should become clearer following Sunday's final, while Orla Conlon and Ciara Whyte also started for Mayo in last year's final.

When comparing last September's line-ups, into the Dublin team come 2010 All-Ireland winner Siobhán McGrath, Deirdre Murphy and Oonagh Whyte, who scored two goals against Mayo when the sides met in the group stages of the 2018 League campaign in Castlebar.

For Mayo, meanwhile, there are starts for Emma Lowther, Danielle Caldwell, Clodagh McManamon, Shauna Howley and Sinéad Cafferky.

Rachel Kearns, who lined out in the half-back line in last year's final, is now between the sticks for Mayo.

All eight of the weekend's Lidl NFL finalists have revealed their teams.

In the Division 2 final, Cavan meet Tipperary at Parnell Park on Sunday, with a 2pm throw-in, ahead of the Dublin-Mayo tussle.

On Monday, at St Brendan's Park in Birr, Wicklow take on Louth in the Division 4 final at 2pm, before Meath and Wexford battle it out for Division 3 glory from 4pm.

Teams:

Lidl NFL Division 1 final:

Dublin - C Trant; M Byrne, D Murphy, L Caffrey; S McGrath, S Goldrick, N Collins; L Magee, O Carey; N Owens, N McEvoy, L Davey; O Whyte, N Healy, S Aherne (capt.).

Mayo - R Kearns: E Lowther, S Tierney (capt.), D Hughes; M Corbett, D Caldwell, F Doherty; A Gilroy, C McManamon; F McHale, S Howley, S Cafferky; N Kelly, S Rowe, G Kelly.

Lidl NFL Division 2 final:

Cavan - E Baugh; R Doonan, L Fitzpatrick, J Moore; S Greene (capt.), M Sheridan, N Byrd; C Dolan, D English; G McGlade, B Sheridan, A Sheridan; R O'Keeffe, A Maguire, C Finnegan.

Tipperary - L Fitzpatrick; L Dillon, M Curley, E Buckley; B Condon, S Lambert (capt.), C Condon; J Grant, G O'Brien; M Morrissey, A McCarthy, N Lonergan; O O'Dwyer, A Moloney, R Howard.

Lidl NFL Division 3 final:

Meath - M McGuirk; K Newe, S Peel, S Powderly; E Troy, S Ennis, N Gallogly; M O'Shaughnessy, K Byrne; M Thynne, A Cleary, V Wall; N O'Sullivan (capt.), S Grimes, F O'Neill.

Wexford - M.R. Kelly (capt.); S Murphy, M Byrne, S Harding Kenny; N Moore, N Mernagh, N Butler; R Murphy, B Breen; C Donnelly, F Rochford, K Kearney; C Foxe, A Murphy, C Murray.

Lidl NFL Division 4 final:

Louth - U Pearson; E Singleton, R Kane, S McLoughlin; C Nolan, D Osborne, B McGrane; S Woods, R Carr; P Murray (capt.), S Byrne, A Russell; L Boyle, K Flood, M McArdle.

Wicklow - K Connors; E Mulhall, S.J. Winder, L Fusciardi; A Conroy, S Hogan (capt.), L Ahern; N McGettigan, S Miley; M Deeney, J Kinch, A Murphy; L Hogan, M Kealy, C Fox.

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