Mayo make two changes

Mayo manager Mickey Moran has made two changes for Sunday's All-Ireland football quarter-final against Laois, calling Aidan Higgins…

Mayo manager Mickey Moran has made two changes for Sunday's All-Ireland football quarter-final against Laois, calling Aidan Higgins and Kevin O'Neill into the starting line-up.

The Connacht champions have been forced to reshuffle their back-line due to Liam O'Malley's hamstring injury. Higgins comes in at right half back while captain David Heaney moves to full back to replace O'Malley.

O'Neill, who came on as a substitute in the provincial win, is preferred to Andy Moran in the full forward line on this occasion while Trevor Mortimer, also brought on against Galway, must settle for a place on the bench once more.

Elsewehere, David O'Shaughnessy is set to start for Westmeath when they meet Dublin at headquarters 24 hours earlier.

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Despite missing the majority of the champsionship campaign with an Achilles injury, the midfielder has recuperated well after the qualifier win over Galway and may now be risked from the outset.

Mayo (SFC v Laois); J Healy; D Geraghty, D Heaney (c), K Higgins; A Higgins, J Nallen, P Gardiner; R McGarrity, P Harte; BJ Padden, G Brady, A Dillon; C MacDonald, C Mortimer, K O'Neill.