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Dummy teams and late changes: who's kidding who (if anyone...)?

To date the top 16 football counties have contested 122 fixtures. That’s 244 starting line-ups shared on social media in advance of the games. Remarkably, 82% of these line-ups were changed before throw-in.
Dummy teams and late changes: who's kidding who (if anyone...)?

HERE YOU GO, REF: Referee Brian Keon receives the team sheets from Kildare secretary Christine Murray and Down secretary Sean Óg McAteer. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Gaelic football’s top dogs contest the All-Ireland semi-finals at Croke Park on Saturday and Sunday – and good luck picking the winners.

It seems like anyone can beat anyone in this most open of championships, so two unpredictable match-ups are in store.

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