WEXFORD MANAGER LIAM Dunne has made five changes in personnel for his side’s Leinster SHC quarter-final clash with Dublin in Croke Park on Saturday night (7.15pm).
Dunne has had to juggle a number of injuries since his side’s last competitive outing, a one-point league quarter-final defeat to eventual finalists Waterford on 3 April.
Liam Ryan comes in at corner-back where he will be joined by captain Matthew O’Hanlon and Oulart-The Ballagh corner-back Eoin Moore.
Diarmuid O’Keeffe, Paudie Foley and Jack O’Connor make up the half-back line, while Andrew Kenny comes into midfield to partner Eoin Conroy.
Podge Doran and Harry Kehoe are introduced at centre-forward and left half-forward respectively, with Liam Óg McGovern completing that line.
The powerful Conor McDonald will once again lead the attack from full-forward alongside Paul Morris and the incoming David Dunne.
Dunne has left a vacancy at number 26 as a number of his panel fight to prove their fitness for the outing at GAA HQ.
Lee Chin, James Breen and Aidan Nolan are among those to miss out on Dunne’s squad through injury while Shane Tomkins and Ian Byrne drop to the bench from the side that went down to the Déise.
Wexford (v Dublin)
1. Conor O’Leary (Oulart-The Ballagh)
2. Liam Ryan (Rapparees)
3. Matthew O’Hanlon (c) (St James)
4. Eoin Moore (Oulart-The Ballagh)
5. Diarmuid O’Keeffe (St Anne’s)
6. Paudie Foley (Crossabeg Ballymurn)
7. Jack O’Connor (St Martin’s)
8. Eoin Conroy (Naomh Eanna)
9. Andrew Kenny (Buffers Alley)
10. Liam Óg McGovern (St Anne’s)
11. Podge Doran (Oylegate/Glenbrien)
12. Harry Kehoe (Cloughbawn)
13. Paul Morris (Ferns St Aidan’s)
14. Conor McDonald (Naomh Eanna)
15. David Dunne (Davidstown Courtnacuddy)
Subs:
16. Mark Fanning (GK) (Glynn Barntown)
17. Eanna Martin (Sarsfields, Cork)
18. Aaron Maddock (St Martin’s)
19. Ian Byrne (Ferns St Aidan’s)
20. Shane Tomkins (Askamore/Kilrush)
21. Cathal Dunbar (Ballygarrett)
22. Nicky Kirwan (Oulart-The Ballagh)
23. Joe O’Connor (St Martin’s)
24. Kevin Sheridan (Oulart-The Ballagh)
25. Sean Murphy (Buffers Alley)
26. AN Other
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