DUAL STARS AIDAN Walsh, Damien Cahalane and Eoin Cadogan all return to the Cork senior football team for Sunday’s Munster final against Kerry.
Manager Brian Cuthbert has made three changes for the game from the side that narrowly escaped with victory over Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.
The Cork hurlers progression has restricted the football involvement of the dual players before that game but Walsh was the scoring hero when introduced as a substitute and Cadogan also made a major impact when sprung from the bench.
Cahalane also returns to the team having not featured against the Premier county. Cadogan will anchor the team at full-back with Cahalane named at left half-back and Walsh to partner Fintan Goold at midfield.
The introduction of that trio results in positional changes as Thomas Clancy moves to centre-back while Patrick Kelly and John O’Rourke shift from half-back roles to more familiar positions in the half-forward line. Barry O’Driscoll also is moved in to corner-forward.
Andrew O’Sullivan, Mark Collins and John Hayes are the three players to make way and drop to the bench. There is one change amongst the substitutes as this year’s Munster U21 winning football captain Conor Dorman is drafted in with Cathal Vaughan the player to drop out.
CORK
1. Ken O’Halloran (Bishopstown)
2. Michael Shields (St. Finbarr’s)
3. Eoin Cadogan (Douglas)
4. Noel Galvin (Ballincollig)
5. James Loughrey (Mallow)
6. Thomas Clancy (Clonakilty)
7. Damien Cahalane (Castlehaven)
8. Aidan Walsh (Kanturk)
9. Fintan Goold (Macroom)
10. Patrick Kelly (Ballincollig)
11. Paul Kerrigan (Nemo Rangers)
12. John O’Rourke (Carbery Rangers)
13. Daniel Goulding (Éire Óg)
14. Brian Hurley (Castlehaven)
15. Barry O’Driscoll (Nemo Rangers)
Subs
16. David Hanrahan (Douglas)
17. Jamie O’Sullivan (Bishopstown)
18. Tomás Clancy (Fermoy)
19. Conor Dorman (Bishopstown)
20. Andrew O’Sullivan (Castletownbere)
21. Ruairi Deane (Bantry Blues)
22. Colm O’Driscoll (Tadhg MacCárthaigh)
23. Mark Collins (Castlehaven)
24. Colm O’Neill (Ballyclough)
25. John Hayes (Carbery Rangers)
26. Donal Og Hodnett (O’Donovan Rossa)
I’ve held tongue for so long on this team this season and I’ve forgiven so many injuries and woeful individual performances, but today was just unacceptable…
Sure, a lucky start for Bochum which was balanced by two soft penalties for Dortmund, but this is a derby. Already held us to a 1-1 earlier in the year, and they were basically safe prior to kick-off. Yet, somehow players like Akanji (god help whoever he goes to, probably Man Utd), Zagadou, Witsel and even backup Hitz in goal are just appalling. Fight our way back into it for 70mins only to fall asleep (bar Jude, Reus, Haaland, Wolf, and Gittens). I know we had multiple injuries again today, and the season is over, but for the love of God fight for the one home Derby we’ve had all year.
Summer Rebuild can’t come quick enough.
Dortmund seem to be in holiday mode , this attitude should never be accepted in the professional game , it’s cheating a living and must be devastating for the cash paying fans .
@Tricksy: they have been in holiday mode for a few years now .. absolute disgrace
@Tricksy: Don’t tell the Borussia Bears from govan that