Dublin Team v Cork named
- Feb 07,2020
LIDL NFL Div 1 Rd 3
Saturday February 8th
Dublin v Cork
Croke Park, 5pm
Dublin boss Mick Bohan, has made 3 changes to the Dublin starting 15 for this Saturdays Croke Park meeting with reigning league champions, Cork.
Orlagh Nolan from Ballinteer St Johns replaces Lucy Collins in the blues half back line while up front Hannah O’Neill and Caoimhe O’Connor come in to the Dublin attack in place of Niamh Sweeney and Oonagh Whyte, both of whom are named amongst the Dublin replacements.
Having first made her Senior Inter County debut versus Donegal back in 2004, Lyndsey Davey makes a welcome return to the Dublin match day squad on Saturday for what will be her 16th year in the sky blue jersey. The Skerries Harps star has been one Dublin’s greatest servants and many will be thrilled to see her back in blue for another season.
Cork are currently sitting pretty on top of the division 1 league table with victories over Westmeath and Tipperary while Dublin are in second spot following their win over Mayo last weekend and a drawn game with Tipperary in round one.
The last time these two adversaries meet in the league was in the 2019 semi-final which saw Cork edge out a 1 point victory over their great rivals after extra time. A few weeks later, Cork went on to defeat Galway in the NFL final and claim their 12th NFL title having won their first back in 2005.
Niall McCormick from Laois while get proceedings underway in Croke Park at 5pm with Dublin and Monaghan going head to head in the Allianz NFL at 7pm. Tickets are on sale from tickets.ie, select Centra / SuperValu stores and usual GAA ticket outlets.
Dublin v Cork: 1 Ciara Trant (St Brigids), 2 Eabha Rutledge (Kilmacud Crokes, 3 Muireann Ni Scanaill (Fingallians), 4 Martha Byrne (Cuala), 5 Leah Caffrey (Na Fianna), 6 Niamh Collins (Foxrock Cabinteely), 7 Orlagh Nolan (Ballinteer St Johns), 8 Lauren Magee (Kilmacud Crokes), 9 Jennifer Dunne (Cuala), 10 Kate Sullivan (St Sylvester’s), 11 Siobhan Woods (Raheny), 12 Carla Rowe (Clann Mhuire), 13 Rebecca McDonnell (Clanna Gael Fontenoy), 14 Hannah O’Neill (Foxrock Cabinteely), 15 Caoimhe O’Connor (Clontarf)
Dublin replacements: Karen O’Connell (Na Fianna), Oonagh Whyte (Clann Mhuire), Lyndsey Davey (Skerries Harps), Niamh Sweeney (Ballinteer St Johns), Laura Kane (Kilmacud Crokes), Ciara McGuigan (Thomas Davis), Laura McGinley (Naomh Barrog), Niamh Hetherton (Clontarf), Aoife Kane (Kilmacud Crokes).