No changes for Laois as senior hurling team named ahead of must-win clash with Antrim
Laois lost their opener to Carlow, as did Antrim to Down
The Laois senior hurlers are set to welcome Davy Fitzgerald's Antrim to Portlaoise on Saturday afternoon in the second round of this year's Joe McDonagh Cup.
Ahead of the game in Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Laois manager Tommy Fitzgerald has named his starting 15 and substitutes for what is a must-win game for his side.
From the 26 that was named for last weekend's loss to Carlow, there is just one change, and that comes on the subs bench. Jordan Walshe from Clough/Ballacolla was an unused sub last Saturday, and the following day, he played for his club in an ACHL Division 1 game against Castletown. However, Walshe was forced off injured and had to be replaced by Colm Brennan in the 40th minute. Clonad's David O'Brien replaces Walshe in the Laois matchday squad.
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There is one positional change on the Laois starting 15, and it sees Martin Phelan come out to wing-forward from full-forward, with Aaron Dunphy given the number 14 jersey for the Antrim game.
LAOIS: Cathal Dunne (Clough/Ballacolla); Ian Shanahan (Ballinakill), Lee Cleere (Clough/Ballacolla), Diarmaid Conway (Clough/Ballacolla); Ciaran McEvoy (Portlaoise), Podge Delaney (The Harps), Fiachra C Fennell (Rosenallis); David Dooley (Rosenallis), Aidan Corby (Clough/Ballacolla); Martin Phelan (Castletown), Jack Kelly (Rathdowney/Errill), Ryan Mullaney (Castletown); Ben Conroy (Slieve Bloom), Aaron Dunphy (Clough/Ballacolla), Tomas Keyes (Camross).
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SUBS: Eoin Reilly (Abbeyleix), Padraic Dunne (The Harps), David O'Brien (Clonad), Eoin Gaughan (Camross), Fionan Mahony (Abbeyleix), Gearoid Lynch (Ballinakill), James Keyes (Colt-Shanahoe), Cillian Dunne (Clough/Ballacolla), Stephen Maher (Clough/Ballacolla), Mark Dowling (Camross), Cormac Byrne (Abbeyleix).
The Laois v Antrim game throws-in at 4pm on Saturday, April 25.