This weekend, we kick off the group stages of the All-Ireland series, and while there's a lot of talk about meaningless games, every team competing is going to want to get off to a winning start.The carrot is to get through to the quarter-finals directly and cut out that preliminary quarter-final game - and also gaining home advantage.So there are incentives built into it, and that will mean these games will be competitive.In Killarney, we've got Kerry versus Mayo.
What a game to start us off. Kerry have been very clinical so far; Mayo were excellent through the league and have had a nice little break to work on a couple of things - like their offensive structure against the set defence. ALL-IRELAND SFC FIXTURES I'm going to go with Kerry.
They're really coming into things at the right time.You wouldn't write off Mayo, but I just think Kerry will pip this one.We also have a big game involving Galway and Tyrone.
Tyrone were excellent against Monaghan in the first half - and indeed for a lot of that game at Healy Park.Galway meanwhile have been excellent all season, really consistent.