Team news: 8 changes for Dublin, one for Westmeath ahead of DCU St Clare's tussle

Lidl Ladies NFL – Division 1 – Round 4  – SUNDAY 2pm

Dublin v Westmeath, DCU St Clare’s, (J Murphy, Carlow)

DUBLIN boss Mick Bohan has rung the changes as the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 champions aim for a third successive victory on Sunday.

Bohan has made eight switches to the side that started against Mayo at Croke Park last Saturday evening for Sunday’s home clash with Westmeath at DCU St Clare’s (2pm).

There’s a first start of the season for 2017 Senior Players’ Player of the Year Noelle Healy, while two-time All-Star Rachel Ruddy, Emma McDonagh, Sarah Fagan, Jennifer Dunne, 2018 TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final Player of the Match Carla Rowe, Kate Sullivan and Siobhan Killeen are also included.

HERE is the Dublin squad which has been named to take on Leinster rivals Westmeath this coming Sunday in the 4th Rd of the Div 1 LIDL NFL #COYGIB #UpTheDubs #CantSeeCantBe pic.twitter.com/8SeDcT0IjG

— DublinLGFA (@dublinladiesg) March 1, 2019

Martha Byrne, Kate Fitzgibbon, Siobhan McGrath, Lucy Collins, Siobhan Woods, Oonagh Whyte, Lyndsey Davey and Niamh McEvoy make way as Bohan shuffles his pack.

There’s one change on the Westmeath team that lost out to Galway last time out, with Sarah Dillon coming in for Nicole Feery in attack.

Dublin team: 

1	Ciara Trant	St Brigids
2	Rachel Ruddy	Ballyboden St Endas
3	Niamh Collins	Foxrock Cabinteely
4	Emma McDonagh	Foxrock Cabinteely
5	Aoife Kane	Kilmacud Crokes
6	Lauren Magee	Kilmacud Crokes
7	Sarah Fagan	Clontarf
8	Jennifer Dunne	Cuala
9	Olwen Carey	Thomas Davis
10	Hannah O’Neill	Foxrock Cabinteely
11	Carla Rowe	Clann Mhuire
12	Kate Sullivan	St Sylvesters
13	Siobhan Killeen	Clontarf
14	Noelle Healy	St Brigids
15	Nicole Owens	St Sylvesters

Westmeath team: 

1	Karen Walsh	Milltown
2	Rachel Dillon	Milltown
3	Jennifer Rogers	Milltown
4	Lucy Power	The Downs
5	Fiona Coyle	St Marys Rochfortbridge
6	Karen McDermott	St Marys Rochfortbridge
7	Fiona Claffey	Foxrock Cabinteely
8	Kelly Boyce Jordan	Milltown
9	Vicky Carr	St Lomans
10	Lucy McCartan	St Lomans
11	Leanne Slevin	Milltown
12	Jo-hanna Maher	Tyrrellspass
13	Sarah Dillon	Milltown
14	Anna Jones	Mullingar Shamrocks
15	Maud-Annie Foley	Coralstown/Kinnegad