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Seapoint (8th) v Bangor (5th), Kilbogget Park

These are two more teams craving consistency as we head towards the midpoint of the season. Slow starts contributed to Bangor's two losses in November, so they will want to be quickest out of the traps this afternoon. Liam Preston and Mark Widdowson start together at half-back with Declan Maguire and Ali Lockhart both nursing injuries.

Bangor boss Michael Ferguson, who is set to start at number 8 against eighth-placed Seapoint, wants his charges to impose themselves right from the off and stick to their game-plan, putting the lessons learned from those defeats to Bruff and Tullamore into practice.

Seapoint will have been working hard on their defence after conceding 39 points at home to Ballina. The opposite was the case for the south Dubliners as they started well against the Mayo side, with their big pack and speedy winger Dave O'Reilly on song, before faltering in the second half. Expect a big performance from them on the day of the club's 40-year celebrations.

(courtesy of the IRFU)