Lidl NFL Division 1 & 2 finals: All you need to know

SUNDAY 10 APRILLidl Ladies NFL Division 1 final Donegal v Meath, Croke Park, 4pm

Division 2 final Armagh v Kerry, Croke Park, 2pm

ONLINE Live updates on RTÉ Sport Online and the RTÉ News app.

RADIO Live commentary and updates on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport.

TV Both games live on TG4.

WEATHER Mostly cloudy on Sunday and becoming breezy with scattered outbreaks of rain and drizzle. Top temperatures of 8 to 12 degrees in freshening southeast winds. For more go to met.ie.

Novel pairing for Division 1 decider

It's fair to say that plenty has changed since Donegal and Meath last met in a senior competitive fixture.

It was February 2016 in the Lidl National League when Donegal claimed a 3-17 to 3-08 victory on their visit to Trim in Division 2.

Looking back on the teams that lined out on that occasion, and comparing them with the recent semi-finals, Donegal have Nicole McLaughlin, Katy Herron, Karen Guthrie, Yvonne Bonner, Geraldine McLaughlin and Bláthnaid McLaughlin still involved, while Meath had current captain Shauna Ennis, Niamh O’Sullivan, Stacey Grimes, Vikki Wall and Niamh Gallogly in their starting line-up.

There has been natural flux in both squads since then and while Donegal contested the Division 1 final in 2017, Meath have gone on to greater heights.

The Royals won Division 3 in 2019 before adding the TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate title in 2020.

Last year was one that Meath will never forget, as they claimed both the Division 2 and TG4 All-Ireland Senior crowns.

It has been a meteoric rise for Eamonn Murray’s charges, who remain hungry and keen to prove that 2021 wasn’t a flash in the pan.

En route to Sunday’s final, they suffered just one defeat, by a single point against Dublin in a front of a bumper Páirc Tailteann