Giants set to collide in Division One league final

Donegal and Kerry collide in a repeat of last years All-Ireland final in Sunday's National Football League Division One decider at Croke Park (16:00 GMT). The Kingdom lifted the Sam Maguire for the 39th time on that occasion, leaving the Tir Chonaill to lick their wounds over the winter months. It's the first time in a decade that the league final is a repeat of the previous year's All-Ireland decider, Kerry losing to Dublin in both of those encounters.

The two best teams in the country are locking horns once again, there's no shortage of talking points, so BBC Sport NI will take you through a few of those. When Jack O'Connor wins the league does he go on to win Sam? Jack O'Connor has won the All-Ireland five times as manager of Kerry (2004, 2006, 2009, 2022 and 2025) and the one constant for all of those Sam Maguire successes, is that his side have won the National League earlier that year as a springboard for the big one down the line.

Jack was quick to play down any such omen when it was put to him last week, but then again, if it's not broken why fix it? Will we see both Clifford's in action for Kerry? In short, no, that's unlikely, as Paudie Clifford is still returning from injury and it would be a shock if O'Connor fired him into the action on Sunday.

The Kerry boss did confirm after last weeks draw with Armagh that Paudie's recovery was going well and that they would maybe have risked playing him if it was the championship, but it's still not the championship this weekend, so it's unlikely he'll feature. Neither Clifford travelled to Ballyshannon for Kerry's defeat to the Tir Chonaill in the league phase, but David has been in his usual inspired form, kicking just the 10 points in the Orchard County last week. So expect to see David Clifford but Paudie will be left on the shelf for later in the year.