Kerry and Tipperary name teams for massive TG4 All-Ireland SFC clash in Nenagh

TIPPERARY and Kerry meet at MacDonagh Park in Nenagh on Saturday (1pm) in a massive TG4 All-Ireland SFC Group 1 Round 1 fixture.

With Ulster champions Donegal also in the pool, a win for Tipp or Kerry would put them in pole position for a spot in the All-Ireland quarter-finals, with two teams to emerge.

Tipperary lost out to Cork in the Munster semi-final, while Kerry also suffered defeat to the Rebelettes in the provincial decider.

Tipp lost out by just five points to Cork while Kerry suffered a 2-10 to 5-13 defeat but not a lot should be read into those results.

Kerry are regrouping under the management of Eddie Sheehy and will have benefited considerably from that Cork game, while the Kingdom had impressed in their Munster semi-final victory over Waterford.

Tipp have had the longer lay-off without a competitive fixture but having landed the TG4 All-Ireland intermediate crown last year, before landing promotion to Division 1 of the Lidl National League for 2019, Shane Ronayne and his charges will want to show that they’re capable of mixing it with the best.

They’ll have to keep a close eye on Kerry’s attacking stars Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh and captain Sarah Houlihan, but Tipp have forward class of their own in Aishling Moloney and Aisling McCarthy, while the likes of skipper Samantha Lambert, Jennifer Grant and Mairead Morrissey possess plenty of experience.

Kerry team: 

1	Laura Fitzgerald	Na Gaeil
2	Laoise Coughlan	Rathmore
3	Sarah Murphy	Rathmore
4	Eilis Lynch	Castleisland Desmonds
5	Deirdre Kearney	Na Gaeil
6	Aislinn Desmond	Rathmore
7	Aisling O Connell	Scartaglen
8	Lorraine Scanlon	Castleisland Desmonds
9	Amanda Brosnan	Dr Crokes
10	Sophie Lynch	Listowel Emmets
11	Louise Ni Mhuircheartaigh	Corca Dhuibhne
12	Amy Foley	Beaufort
13	Andrea Murphy	Castleisland Desmonds
14	Eilish O Leary	Kilcummin
15	Sarah Houlihan	Beaufort

Tipperary team: 

1	Lauren Fitzpatrick	Ballymacarbry
2	Laura Dillon	Ardfinnan
3	Maria Curley	Templemore
4	Brid Condon	Aherlow
5	Anna Rose Kennedy	Aherlow
6	Samantha Lambert	Ardfinnan
7	Siobhan Condon	Aherlow
8	Jennifer Grant	Brian Borus
9	Orla O Dwyer	Boherlahan
10	Caoimhe Condon	Brian Borus
11	Aisling McCarthy	Cahir
12	Niamh Lonergan	Moyle Rovers
13	Roisin Howard	Cahir
14	Aishling Moloney	Cahir
15	Mairead Morrissey	Brian Borus