20 April 2018 Team news: Cavan and Waterford starting 15s for Birr Lidl NFL Division 2 semi-final Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! Waterford v Cavan, 1.00pm, St Brendan’s Park, Birr, Offaly, (G McMahon) Waterford ended up topping the Division 2 standings after seeing off Tipperary in their final group outing, to finish at the summit on the head-to-head rule. That’s pitched the Déise into a last-four clash with Cavan, who secured their spot in the semi-finals with an impressive victory over Tyrone last time out. Waterford were Division 3 champions two years ago while Cavan fell at the final hurdle against Westmeath last year in their quest to secure top-flight football. It’s arguably a more competitive Division 2 this year as Armagh dropped from the top tier, while Tipperary have been going great guns since coming up from Division 3. But Waterford would consider progression to a Division 2 decider as real progress, following a 2017 championship campaign that saw them beat Cork and Kerry in Munster, before they beat Cavan in the qualifiers. When the sides met in the group stages, Waterford ran out 4-9 to 1-6 winners and Cavan will hope to close the gap. They’ve had the Sheridans, Bronagh and Aishling, in superb form and Aishling captured a Gourmet Food Parlour O’Connor Cup medal with DCU recently. Aisling Doonan is another marquee forward for the Breffni girls while Waterford will look to the sharpshooting skills of Maria Delahunty and Aileen Wall. Waterford team: 1 Grainne Kenneally Eadestown 2 Kate McGrath Kilrossanty Brickeys 3 Michelle McGrath Ballymacarbry 4 Rebecca Casey Stradbally 5 Mairead Wall Ballymacarbry 6 Emma Murray Comeragh Rangers 7 Megan Dunford Abbeyside 8 Karen McGrath Ballymacarbry 9 Katie Murray Comeragh Rangers 10 Aoife Murray Comeragh Rangers 11 Geraldine Power Comeragh Rangers 12 Lauren McGregor Dungarvan 13 Maria Delahunty Abbeyside 14 Eimear Fennell Abbeyside 15 Aileen Wall Ballymacarbry Cavan team: 1 Evelyn Baugh Lurgan 2 Rachel Doonan Templeport 3 Laura Fitzpatrick St Finbars 4 Joanne Moore Lacken 5 Sinead Greene Templeport 6 Mona Sheridan Mullahoran 7 Neasa Byrd Crosserlough 8 Catherine Dolan Lurgan 9 Donna English Arva 10 Gráinne McGlade Arva 11 Bronagh Sheridan Drumlane 12 Aisling Sheridan Mullahoran 13 Roisín O Keefe Lacken 14 Aisling Doonan Templeport 15 Ciara Finnegan Crosserlough Share this Article 0 0