No room for sentiment for Keith Higgins and Eoghan Collins

Six days on from lining out together for their club Ballyhaunis, Mayo’s Keith Higgins and Clare’s Eoghan Collins will be ready to tear into each other in Cusack Park on Saturday.

Mayo native Collins has featured for the Clare side managed by his uncle Colm Collins in their last two championship games this summer, but all camaraderie will be parked as the Banner men plot the downfall of his homeland on Saturday.

Collins and Higgins played together last Sunday for Ballyhaunis in a league game against Shrule/Glencorrib — Higgins missed Mayo’s qualifier win over Derry due to suspension following his sending off against Galway, while Collins featured off the bench in Clare’s win over Laois the previous day.