THE strange and unpredictable nature of U-21 football was manifestly evident again in Ennis on Saturday night.

IT was not until the aftermath of last week’s Munster U21 football final in Páirc Uí Rinn that Cork boss John Cleary was able to properly gauge the level of performance his players had produced.

SINCE a redeveloped Pearse Stadium was opened in 2003, it has proven to be an unhappy hunting ground for Roscommon football. No team from the county has managed to win in the Salthill venue since then — a wretched sequence the current crop of U21 footballers aim to end this afternoon against Galway.

TOM O’SULLIVAN will make his first start for the Kerry senior footballers since last August’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat against Down in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 tie against Armagh in the Athletic Grounds.

Galway manager Joe Kernan has made changes from his goalkeeper through to the full-forward line for tonight's Allianz NFL Division 1 meeting with Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn (throw-in 7.30pm).

DUBLIN make five changes in personnel as well as a couple of positional alterations for their NFL Division 1 clash with Mayo at McHale Park, Castlebar.

New York 0-4 Galway 1-18