KERRY are boosted by the return of some key men for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final with Cavan.
Seán O’Shea, Diarmuid O’Connor and Brian Ó Beaglaioch are all back in the starting line-up after being sidelined for the defeat to Meath through injury.
Paudie Clifford, who was also absent last time, is named among the subs for the visit of the Breffni to Killarney.
But Paul Geaney is still out and Tony Brosnan is another notable player missing.
The team shows five changes in total as Brosnan, Micheál Burns, Killian Spillane, Mark O’Shea and Tadhg Morley are replaced by the returning trio, Seán O’Brien and Conor Geaney.
Dublin, meanwhile, have kept faith with the same side that overcame Derry for their Croke Park showdown with Cork in another preliminary quarter-final.
Cian Hernon has been included in the Galway team for Sunday’s trip to Down. Conor Flaherty also retains his place in goal.
The 2024 Footballer of the Year Paul Conroy is drafted back in. Jack Glynn and Peter Cooke make way.
In hurling, Dónal Burke has been passed fit enough to be named on the Dublin bench for tomorrow’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Limerick.
There are two changes to the starting side from the win over Kildare, with Conor Burke and Andrew Dunphy given the nod as Paddy Dunleavy and John Hetherton drop to the bench.
Treaty boss John Kiely has named an unchanged team for the Croke Park tie but there is one amendment to his list of subs.
Fergal O’Connor is included instead of Shane O’Brien, who came off the bench and fired 1-2 in the Munster final penalty-shootout defeat to Cork.
KERRY (SFC v Cavan): S Ryan; P Murphy, J Foley, T O’Sullivan; B Ó Beaglaoich, M Breen, G White; J O’Connor, S O’Brien; D O’Connor, S O’Shea, G O’Sullivan; D Clifford, C Geaney, D Geaney.
DUBLIN (SFC v Cork): S Cluxton; T Clancy, S MacMahon, D Byrne; B Howard, J Small, L Gannon; P Ó Cofaigh Byrne, C Kilkenny; K McGinnis, S Bugler, N Scully; P Small, C O’Callaghan, C Costello.
GALWAY (SFC v Down): C Flaherty; J McGrath, S Fitzgerald, L Silke; D McHugh, S Kelly, C Hernon; P Conroy, J Maher; C Darcy, M Tierney, C McDaid; R Finnerty, S Walsh, M Thompson
LIMERICK (SHC v Dublin): N Quaid; S Finn, D Morrissey, M Casey; D Byrnes, K Hayes, B Nash; A English, W O’Donoghue; G Hegarty, C Lynch, T Morrissey; A Gillane, A O’Connor, D Reidy.
DUBLIN (SHC v Limerick): S Brennan; J Bellew, P Smyth, C McHugh; P Doyle, C Crummey, A Dunphy; C Burke, B Hayes; R McBride, F Whitely, C O’Sullivan; S Currie, R Hayes, D Ó Dúlaing.
