GOALKEEPER CHRIS KELLY will make his championship debut for the Cork footballers in Saturday’s qualifier at home to Louth as first-choice Micheál Aodh Martin remains sidelined.
Cork and Louth go head-to-head in the first round of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers.
Elsewhere, the injured Kevin Flahive is replaced by Sean Powter in the full-back line. Powter was a late inclusion for Cork before their Munster championship loss against Kerry, starting instead of Eoghan McSweeney.
Dual player Jack Cahalane is included in the matchday panel for the first time. He won two All-Ireland U20 hurling medals with Cork last summer, the delayed 2020 competition and the 2021 final.
The game throws in at 2pm in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
Cork (vs Louth)
1. Christopher Kelly (Éire Óg)
2. Sean Powter (Douglas) 3. Maurice Shanley (Clonakilty) 4. Kevin O’Donovan (Nemo Rangers)
5. John Cooper (Éire Óg) 6. Rory Maguire (Castlehaven) 7. Mattie Taylor (Mallow)
8. Colm O’Callaghan (Éire Óg) 9.Ian Maguire (St Finbarr’s)
10. John O’Rourke (Carbery Rangers) 11. Eoghan Sweeney (Knocknagree) 12. Daniel Dineen (Cill na Martra)
13. Steven Sherlock (St Finbarr’s) 14. Brian Hurley (Castlehaven) 15. Cathail O’Mahony (Mitchelstown)
Subs: 16. Dylan Foley (Éire Óg) 17. Paul Ring (Aghabullogue) 18. Tadhg Corkery (Cill na Martra) 19. Tommy Walsh (Kanturk) 20. Cian Kiely (Ballincollig) 21. Paul Walsh (Kanturk) 22. Brian Hayes (St Finbarr’s) 23. Jack Cahalane (Castlehaven) 24. Damien Gore (Kilmacabea) 25. Mark Cronin (Nemo Rangers) 26. Blake Murphy (St Vincents)
Fair play to ya Chris,don’t be afraid to fail , hope Wales go all the way.
They need to scrap that poxy yellow card rule , to many players are missing huge games for silly yellow cards . That ref was trigger happy with his cards , poor Ramsey gonna miss this biggest game of gis life for an accidental handball ,bullshit
Considering the length of this tournament, should have been an amnesty by the semi’s….. Stupid rules….
Crazy that there’s no amnesty.
Yellow Cards in consecutive games should result in a one match ban….. Other than that they shouldn’t count. Very harsh. He was brilliant today…..
Agree Ryan,he should at least be able to appeal it.
Totally agree. No way should you miss a semi or final..carry it forward and maybe make it a 2 game ban for next qualifying tournament? ??-
Belgium : A country that bottles great beer and big tournaments. Fair play to Wales.
England to sign up Colman in £10 million deal.
Emotional Cookie-monster motivates an entire country. Sports people of all grades appreciate the hard work that goes into creating the winning team effort. That was a proud moment for our Celtic comrades!!
Bale vs Ronaldo Semi-final… can’t wait
Team player v me feiner
I really hope they go all the way
Portugal have really rode their luck in their last 2 games and have not been at all impressive…. Wales have every chance….. could they repeat Denmark and Greece as being underdog champions? Either way I fancy them against Portugal.
Amazing amazing achievement by Wales which kind of puts were we are as a football team into perspective. Look at how they beat Belgium- playing football & not in anyway hanging on. We on the other hand seem to have this slight sense of euphoria about the euros yet we literally can’t play football. Still long ball rubbish. The sense is that we are on the right track – we’re not. And the media is still on about how great our fans are. Some joke.
Fair play to Wales. We have vastly improved since the last tournament. no disrespect to Brady but she’s a not Bail.
damn autocorrect. Brady is not Bail
Well england were you watching…??.I rest my case!!
What case is that?