ENDA VARLEY HAS been handed the unenviable task of replacing captain Andy Moran in the Mayo team to face Dublin.
With Moran likely to miss the rest of the championship with a knee injury, James Horan makes just one enforced personnel change for Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final in Croke Park.
Varley, who scored when coming off the bench in the quarter-final win against Down, is named at corner-forward alongside Cillian O’Connor and Michael Conroy.
Jason Doherty drops back to centre-forward, flanked by Kevin McLoughlin and Alan Dillon. Ballina Stephenites’ David Clarke captains the side in Moran’s absence.
Dublin make two changes to the side which struggled past Laois last time out. Footballer of the Year Alan Brogan, who missed the quarter-final through injury, returns in place of Eoghan O’Gara while Ger Brennan is preferred to Philly McMahon in defence.
Mayo (SFC v Dublin): David Clarke (c); Kevin Keane, Ger Cafferkey, Keith Higgins; Lee Keegan, Donal Vaughan, Colm Boyle; Barry Moran, Aidan O’Shea; Kevin McLoughlin, Jason Doherty, Alan Dillon; Enda Varley, Cillian O’Connor, Michael Conroy.
