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Dooley drops to the bench as Offaly make 5 changes for do or die clash with Dublin

Sunday’s tie at Parnell Park throws-in at 3pm.

OFFALY BOSS KEVIN Martin has named his starting 15 for Sunday’s crucial Leinster senior hurling championship clash with Dublin in Parnell Park.

Tullamore sharpshooter Shane Dooley drops to the bench as part of five changes from their heavy defeat to Wexford in the previous round.

Dooley, Paddy Delaney, Brendan Murphy, Oisin Kelly (suspended) and Kevin Dunne are replaced by Tom Spain, Dan Currams, Tommy Geraghty, Colin Egan and Sean Ryan.

The losers of this clash are facing the drop to the Joe McDonagh Cup next season, although Dublin have one more game to come against Galway next weekend.

Sunday’s tie at Parnell Park throws-in at 3pm. The Dublin team was named yesterday.

Offaly

1 Eoghan Cahill (Birr)

2 Tom Spain (Brosna Gaels)
3 Ben Conneely (St Rynagh’s)
4 David O’Toole Greene (Shamrocks)

5 Sean Gardiner (Lusmagh)
6 Pat Camon (St Rynagh’s)
7 David King (Coolderry)

8 Dan Currams (Kilcormac/Killoughey)
9 Damien Egan (Belmont)

10 Tommy Geraghty (Kilcormac/Killoughey)
11 Colin Egan (Belmont)
12 Shane Kinsella (Kinnitty)

13 Sean Ryan (Birr)
14 Conor Mahon (Kilcormac/Killoughey)
15 Joe Bergin (Seir Kieran)

Subs

16 Conor Slevin (Kilcormac/Killoughey)
17 Brendan Murphy (Birr)
18 Paddy Murphy (Ballinamere)
19 Paddy Rigney (Kinnitty)
20 Shane Dooley (Tullamore)
21 James Gorman (Kilcormac/Killoughey)
22 Peter Geraghty (Kilcormac/Killoughey)
23 Dermot Shortt (St Rynagh’s)
24 Colm Gath (Drumcullen)
25 Ronan Hughes  (St Rynagh’s)
26 Kevin Dunne (Seir Kieran)

Dublin

1. Alan Nolan (St. Brigid’s)

2. Paddy Smyth (Clontarf)
3. Cian O’Callaghan (Cuala)
4. Eoghan O’Donnell (Whitehall Colmcille)

5. Shane Barrett (Na Fianna)
6. Seán Moran (Cuala)
7. Chris Crummey (Lucan Sarsfields)

8. Rian McBride (St. Vincent’s)
9. Jake Malone (Cuala)

10. Fiontán McGibb (Setanta)
11. Conal Keaney (Ballyboden St Enda’s)
12. Danny Sutcliffe (St. Jude’s)

13. Fergal Whitely (Kilmacud Crokes)
14. Liam Rushe (St. Patrick’s Palmerstown)
15. Paul Ryan (Ballyboden St. Enda’s)

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