Team news: St Brendans and Clontarf to battle it out for All-Ireland Intermediate final spot

All Ireland Intermediate Club Championship Semi Final

Sunday November 18

St Brendans, Ballygar (Galway) (H) v Clontarf (Dublin); Duggan Park, Ballinasloe, 1pm

Clontarf make the trip from the capital to take on Galway outfit St Brendans in an attractive All-Ireland Intermediate semi-final.

Clontarf finally landed the county crown after losing three previous finals, and their victory over Cuala in the Dublin decider was a landmark breakthrough.

Clontarf kicked on from there to capture the Leinster title and now they stand just an hour away from a possible All-Ireland Final appearance.

Former international soccer star Siobhan Killeen is a forward to watch out for in the Clontarf ranks while fellow county panellists Kate Fitzgibbon and Katie Murray also won TG4 All-Ireland senior medals with Dublin in September.

Interestingly, Clontarf also have former Irish Women’s Rugby team captain Fiona Coghlan on the bench.

Hosts St Brendans can call up on the experienced Rebecca McPhilibin at the heart of their defence and the Galway girls showed ominous form in the Connacht championship.

Both teams boast lovely blends of youth and experience and considering that the intermediate grade produced a classic All-Ireland Final in 2017, when Dunboyne edged a pulsating tie with Kinsale, this could be another cracking fixture in the grade.

St Brendans team and panel 

1	Sinead Kelly
2	Sarah Kelly
3	Maria Mitchell
4	Nicola Fahy
5	Laura Farrell
6	Rebecca Mc Philbin
7	Niamh Lohan
8	Laura Mulrooney
9	Nora Ward
10	Leanne Walsh
11	Ellen Muldoon
12	Linda Booth
13	Sinead Langan
14	Rebecca Conway
15	Michelle Delaney
16	Iseult Daly
17	Liadan Greally
18	Aoife Mc Donagh
19	Michelle Doyle
20	Hazel Hevehan
21	Emma O Malley
22	Sinead Flynn
23	Ria Conneally
24	Lucia Daly
25	Amy Kilcommons
26	Andrea Quinn
27	Alex Murray
28	Eimear Shaughnessy
29	Alia Naughton
30	Aine Gilmore

Clontarf team and panel 

1	Carrie O’Connor
2	Heather Bolger
3	Katie Murray
4	Elaine Plunkett
5	Hannah Mc Laughlin
6	Grace Reilly
7	Becky Walsh
8	Sarah Fagan
9	Niamh Hetherton
10	Sarah Murphy
11	Tara Fitzgibbon
12	Fiona Skelly
13	Siobhan Killeen
14	Caoimhe O’Connor
15	Aoibhe Bell
16	Fidelma Cosgrove
17	Aoife Crowley
18	Roisin Troy
19	Kate Fitzgibbon
20	Fiona Coghlan
21	Caroline Roban
22	Ciara Dunlea
23	Sinead Quigley
24	Margaret Mohan
25	Aine Walsh