Team news: One switch apiece for Dublin and Kerry ahead of TG4 All-Ireland SFC quarter-final

TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final

Sunday – Dublin v Kerry; 5pm, Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon (LIVE, TG4)

 

A repeat of last year’s All-Ireland semi-final sees Dublin and Kerry lock horns a round earlier.

Dublin ran out 5-10 to 0-11 winners on that occasion but Kerry did get within five points of the Sky Blues during the group stages of the Lidl National League Division 1 campaign earlier this year.

Dublin cruised through to the last eight after seeing off Cavan and Mayo over the course of successive weekends.

Kerry, meanwhile, gave a good account of themselves in Group 1, seeing off Tipperary in a critical fixture before running Donegal to a point.

There’s stability back in the Kingdom under the stewardship of Eddie Sheehy, and with former Munster and Kerry GAA chairman, and ex-GAA Presidential candidate Sean Walsh the current Kerry chair.

Dublin are aiming for a second successive All-Ireland title but they won’t get anything easy from Kerry as they eye up a semi-final clash with Galway or Mayo.

Kerry are a settled bunch again and there’s just one change to the starting team that lined out against Donegal, with Laoise Coghlan coming in for Andrea Murphy.

Dublin, meanwhile, have made just one change to the team that started against Mayo, as Sinead Finnegan comes in for a start ahead of Deirdre Murphy.

Dublin will provide the ultimate test for Kerry, and the accurate gauge of how far they’ve come in a short space of time since suffering relegation from Division 1 of the Lidl League.

The Dublin juggernaut is expected to trundle on into the last four but manager Mick Bohan is a keen admirer of Kerry and the talented individuals they possess.

Dublin team: 

1	Ciara Trant	St Brigids
2	Martha Byrne	Cuala
3	Niamh Collins	Foxrock Cabinteely
4	Leah Caffrey	Na Fianna
5	Sinead Goldrick	Foxrock Cabinteely
6	Olwen Carey	Thomas Davis
7	Sinead Finnegan	Fingallians
8	Lauren Magee	Kilmacud Crokes
9	Siobhan McGrath	Thomas Davis
10	Nicole Owens	St Sylvesters
11	Lyndsey Davey	Skerries Harps
12	Carla Rowe	Clann Mhuire
13	Sinead Aherne	St Sylvesters
14	Niamh McEvoy	St Sylvesters
15	Noelle Healy	St Brigids

Kerry team: 

1	Laura Fitzgerald	Na Gaeil
2	Laoise Coughlan	Rathmore
3	Aislinn Desmond	Rathmore
4	Eilis Lynch	Castleisland Desmonds
5	Deirdre Kearney	Na Gaeil
6	Sarah Murphy	Rathmore
7	Aisling O Connell	Eire Og
8	Lorraine Scanlon	Castleisland Desmonds
9	Amanda Brosnan	Dr Crokes
10	Emma Dineen	Glenflesk
11	Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh	Corca Dhuibhne
12	Amy Foley	Beaufort
13	Kate O Sullivan	Dingle
14	Eilish O Leary	Kilcummin
15	Sarah Houlihan	Beaufort