DESSIE FARRELL AND Jack O’Connor have named their respective sides ahead of the seasonal openers for Dublin and Kerry tonight.
Dublin travel to Baltinglass to face Wicklow in the O’Byrne Cup at 8pm, while Kerry are away in Páirc Uí Rinn against Cork in the McGrath Cup at 7pm.
Both teams are predictably experimental in nature given the time of year with first-team regular on both sides unavailable due to injury and club commitments.
Dublin offer the chance to several newcomers to impress. Midfielder Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne, centre-forward Colm Basquel, wing-forward Ross McGarry and corner-forward Brian O’Leary are four players named to start that have been involved in the senior team in recent seasons.
Kerry have included three of their All-Ireland winning team – Jason Foley, Tadhg Morley and Diarmuid O’Connor - in their starting side for the clash with Cork.
There are five players selected to start that were on the bench for last July’s All-Ireland final success over Galway – Shane Murphy, Jack O’Shea, Adrian Spillane, Tony Brosnan and Killian Spillane.
Dublin
1. Hugh O’Sullivan (Ballyboden St-Enda’s)
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2. Darragh Conlon (Ballymun Kickhams), 3. Dara Newcombe (Lucan Sarsfields), 4. Ben Millist (Ballinteer St John’s)
5. Adam Fearon (Skerries Harps), 6. Greg McEneaney (Skerries Harps), 7. CJ Smith (Lucan Sarsfields)
8. Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne (Cuala), 9. Adam Waddick (Thomas Davis)
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Dublin and Kerry name teams ahead of 2023 football openers tonight
DESSIE FARRELL AND Jack O’Connor have named their respective sides ahead of the seasonal openers for Dublin and Kerry tonight.
Dublin travel to Baltinglass to face Wicklow in the O’Byrne Cup at 8pm, while Kerry are away in Páirc Uí Rinn against Cork in the McGrath Cup at 7pm.
Both teams are predictably experimental in nature given the time of year with first-team regular on both sides unavailable due to injury and club commitments.
Dublin offer the chance to several newcomers to impress. Midfielder Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne, centre-forward Colm Basquel, wing-forward Ross McGarry and corner-forward Brian O’Leary are four players named to start that have been involved in the senior team in recent seasons.
Kerry have included three of their All-Ireland winning team – Jason Foley, Tadhg Morley and Diarmuid O’Connor - in their starting side for the clash with Cork.
There are five players selected to start that were on the bench for last July’s All-Ireland final success over Galway – Shane Murphy, Jack O’Shea, Adrian Spillane, Tony Brosnan and Killian Spillane.
Dublin
1. Hugh O’Sullivan (Ballyboden St-Enda’s)
2. Darragh Conlon (Ballymun Kickhams), 3. Dara Newcombe (Lucan Sarsfields), 4. Ben Millist (Ballinteer St John’s)
5. Adam Fearon (Skerries Harps), 6. Greg McEneaney (Skerries Harps), 7. CJ Smith (Lucan Sarsfields)
8. Peadar Ó Cofaigh Byrne (Cuala), 9. Adam Waddick (Thomas Davis)
10. Killian McGinnis (Skerries Harps), 11. Colm Basquel (Ballyboden St-Enda’s), 12. Ross McGarry (Ballyboden St-Enda’s)
13. Mark Lavin (Lucan Sarsfields), 14. Killian O’Gara (Templeogue Synge-Street), 15. Brian O’Leary (Na Fianna)
Subs
Kerry
1. Shane Murphy (Dr Crokes)
2. Dylan Casey (Austin Stacks), 3. Jason Foley (Ballydonoghue), 4. Jack O’Shea (Austin Stacks)
5. James McCarthy (Kenmare Shamrocks), 6. Tadhg Morley (Templenoe), 7. Cian Gammell (Killarney Legion)
8. Diarmuid O’Connor (Na Gaeil), 9. Barry O’Sullivan (Dingle)
10. Adrian Spillane (Templenoe), 11. Ruairi Murphy (Listry), 12. Barry Mahony (St Senan’s)
13. Tony Brosnan (Dr Crokes), 14. Darragh Roche (Glenflesk), 15. Killian Spillane (Templenoe)
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