8 changes for Dublin, 2 for Cork - Lidl NFL Division 1 semi-final team news

Lidl NFL Division 1 – Semi Final – Result on the day

Cork v Dublin, 2pm, Nowlan Park, Kilkenny (N McCormack, Laois) – SUNDAY 

All eyes will be on Nowlan Park on Sunday when Cork and Dublin go head-to-head for a place in the 2019 Lidl National League Division 1 Final.

Dublin’s starting line-up appears to be a statement of intent, with 13 starting survivors from the 2018 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final meeting between the counties.

Cork, in contrast, line out with seven but manager Ephie Fitzgerald could make some late alterations.

If he doesn’t, Cork have firepower to come off the bench in the form of captain Doireann O’Sullivan and Eimear Scally, while Saoirse Noonan is also listed among the subs after recovering from a serious knee injury.

These sides may well meet again in the white heat of championship but, for now, they’ll be anxious to lay down a marker.

Dublin are League champions while Cork, who lost to Mayo in the 2018 semi-final, will hope for a first final appearance since winning five-in-a-row two years ago.

This has the makings of a high-quality game of football and it has been rightly afforded the Facebook LIVE treatment https://www.facebook.com/LadiesGaelicFootball/

Cork did strike a psychological blow in the final round of group fixtures when the counties met but this is knock-out football now and the stakes are much higher.

Cork team: 

1	Martina O’Brien	Clonakilty
2	Clare O’Shea	Beara
3	Hannah Looney	Aghada
4	Eimear Meaney	Mourneabbey
5	Daire Kiely	Valley Rovers
6	Ashling Hutchings	Fermoy
7	Eimear Kiely	Valley Rovers
8	Maire O’Callaghan	Mourneabbey
9	Niamh Cotter	Beara
10	Orlagh Farmer	Midleton
11	Ciara O’Sullivan	Mourneabbey
12	Laura O’Mahony	O’Donovan Rossa
13	Libby Coppinger	St. Colum’s
14	Orla Finn	Kinsale
15	Sadhbh O’Leary	Kinsale

Dublin team: 

1	Ciara Trant	St Brigids
2	Martha Byrne	Cuala
3	Olwen Carey	Thomas Davis
4	Rachel Ruddy	Ballyboden St Endas
5	Aoife Kane	Kilmacud Crokes
6	Sinéad Finnegan	Fingallians
7	Niamh Collins	Foxrock Cabinteely
8	Sinéad Goldrick	Foxrock Cabinteely
9	Lauren Magee	Kilmacud Crokes
10	Carla Rowe	Clann Mhuire
11	Niamh McEvoy	St Sylvesters
12	Lyndsey Davey	Skerries Harps
13	Sinéad Aherne	St Sylvesters
14	Noelle Healy	Mourneabbey
15	Nicole Owens	St Sylvesters