Moyles to start at corner back

MEATH MANAGER Eamon O’Brien has named Anthony Moyles at corner back with Niall McKeigue in the veteran defender’s regular centre…

MEATH MANAGER Eamon O’Brien has named Anthony Moyles at corner back with Niall McKeigue in the veteran defender’s regular centre back slot for Sunday’s Leinster football match against Dublin in Croke Park.

Goalkeeper Paddy O’Rourke makes his championship debut, while Stephen Bray is joined in a new-look half forward line by Shane McInerney and Brian Meade.

Clare full back Conor Whelan has recovered from tendinitis while Michael O’Shea (hamstring) is also fit to start the Munster football clash with Limerick. There are three debutants in Dean Ryan, Graham Kelly and Paul Reidy.

MEATH (SFC v Dublin): P O’Rourke; A Moyles, K Reilly, E Harrington; S Kenny, N McKeigue, C McGuinness; M Ward, N Crawford; S McInerney, S Bray, B Meade; C Ward, C King, B Farrell.

CLARE (SFC v Limerick): D O’Brien; L Healy, C Whelan, D Ryan; Gordon Kelly, K Dilleen, Graham Kelly; G Quinlan, G Brennan; E Coughlan, D Russell, P Reidy; M O’Shea, T Ryan, D Tubrity.

LIMERICK (SFC v Clare): S Kiely; J McCarthy, S Gallagher, M O Riordan; S Lavin, S Lucey, P Ranahan; J ODonovan, J Galvin; P Browne, J Stokes, S Buckley; C Joyce-Power, I Ryan, G Collins.

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Gavin Cummiskey

Gavin Cummiskey

Gavin Cummiskey is The Irish Times' Soccer Correspondent