Cork Football Team to Play Donegal
Cork Senior Football Management ring the changes again for Sundays National Football League Semi Final against Donegal at Croke Park.Brian Cuthbert makes eight changes in personnel, and five positional switches to the side that started against Derry in last weeks dead rubber round 7 game. Goalkeeper Ken O'Halloran and full back Michael Shields are the only players retaining their positions in the selection. Jamie O'Sullivan returns to corner back at the expense of Noel Galvin, while James Loughrey is named in the other corner. Conor Dorman and Tomas Clancy are on the wings either side of Brian O'Driscoll on his return from Under 21 action. Eoin Cadogan and Fintan Goold are the midfield pairing this week, while Patrick Kelly who started last week has been ruled out through the injury sustained in that defeat to Derry. The Rebel attack see's John O'Rourke named at centre forward, with brothers Colm and Kevin O'Driscoll on the wings, while Mark Collins is named at full forward with Colm O'Neill and Brian Hurley back at 13 and 15 respectively. Join us on The Big Red Bench on Saturday from 6pm for our match preview, while we'll also have three pairs of tickets to give away to the Croke Park Semi Final double header (Cork V Donegal 2pm, Dublin V Monaghan 4pm) thanks to The GAA. The Cork panel in full is as follows: 1. Ken O’Halloran (Bishopstown) 2. Jamie O’Sullivan (Bishopstown) 3. Michael Shields (St. Finbarr’s) Capt. 4. James Loughrey (Mallow) 5. Conor Dorman (Bishopstown) 6. Brian O’Driscoll (Tadhg MacCarthaigh) 7. Tomás Clancy (Fermoy) 8. Eoin Cadogan (Douglas) 9. Fintan Goold (Macroom) 10. Colm O’Driscoll (Tadhg MacCarthaigh) 11. John O’Rourke (Carbery Rangers) 12. Kevin O’Driscoll (Tadhg MacCarthaigh) 13. Colm O’Neill (Ballyclough) 14. Mark Collins (Castlehaven) 15. Brian Hurley (Castlehaven) Subs: 16. Paddy O’Shea (St. Vincent’s) 17. Tom Clancy (Clonakilty) 18. Noel Galvin (Ballincollig) 19. Stephen O’Donoghue (Ballincollig) 20. Donncha O’Connor (Ballydesmond) 21. Paul Kerrigan (Nemo Rangers) 22. Daniel Goulding (Éire Óg) 23. John Hayes (Carbery Rangers) 24. Donal Óg Hodnett (O’Donovan Rossa) 25. Barry O’Driscoll (Nemo Rangers) (Unavailable for selection due to injury: Ian Maguire, Ruairi Deane, Kevin Crowley and Patrick Kelly.) Tune in to The Big Red Bench with Ruairi O'Hagan and Lisa Lawlor every Saturday and Sunday evening from 6pm.
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