Lee Keegan says he hopes to see “a Mayo reaction” in Saturday afternoon’s All-Ireland SFC first round tie against Kerry in Killarney.

Kevin McStay’s men return to championship duty for the first time since last month’s Connacht quarter-final loss to Roscommon and it’s the holders up first in the newly formatted All-Ireland series.

Writing in his column for RTE Sport, former Mayo defender Keegan says he’s keen to see a response from his former team mates this weekend.

“You'd love to see a Mayo reaction from the Roscommon game. See them come out of the traps pretty hard and justify their league standing. If there's a weakness in Kerry, it's in their defence and a top tier team could exploit those,” wrote the five-time All-Star.

“The chemistry in Kerry's forward line looked electric against Clare. They were slick and ruthless in the manner in which they worked and converted goal chances, albeit Clare afforded far too much space.

“Mayo's defence will make it a more claustrophobic and uncomfortable afternoon on Saturday. On balance, I just think that Kerry might have too much for them this weekend.”

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