Dublin bring in Fitzgerald

Minor Team news: Dublin will start Sunday's All-Ireland minor football final replay against Laois with one change from last …

Minor Team news: Dublin will start Sunday's All-Ireland minor football final replay against Laois with one change from last month's drawn game in Croke Park.

Francis Fitzgerald starts at left corner forward at the expense of John O'Hara. Fitzgerald had been a regular at full forward throughout the successful Leinster championship, before suffering an ankle injury in the Leinster final against Laois.

His introduction the last day was primarily because of the injury sustained by centre back Ger Brennan, which resulted in manager Ciaran O'Hara reshuffling several positions.

Brennan has since been passed fit to start, as has centre forward Barry Kennedy, who had been suffering from an ankle injury. Fit again Darragh Walsh regains his place on the substitutes' bench.

Laois manager Seán Dempsey has announced an unchanged team for the game at Dr Cullen Park in Carlow.

DUBLIN (MF v Laois): K Walsh; A Downes, K Cleere, W Lowry; D Reilly, G Brennan, I Ward; B Phelan, J Coughlan; G O'Meara, B Kennedy, M Vaughan; A Relihan, K Leahy, F Fitzgerald.

LAOIS (MF v Dublin): C Gorman; C Healy, C Ryan, R Stapleton; P O'Leary, C Begley, N Donagher; B Quigley, C Rogers; C Bergin, C Kelly (St Joseph's), P McNulty; M Tierney, D Brennan, C Kelly (Stradbally).

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Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics