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Jack Savage tries to evade a tackle in the game against Limerick. Photo by Dermot Crean
TWO former All-Ireland minor winners have made a return from injury for the EirGrid Munster GAA Under 21 Football Championship Final at Austin Stack Park on this Thursday evening at 7:30pm.
Dingle men Mark O’Connor and Matthew Flaherty come into a side with five personnel changes from the team that defeated Limerick in the semi-final. Kerins O’Rahilly’s, Cormac Coffey makes a return to the bench.
Jason Foley starts at full back in place of Cathal Ó Lúing; Matthew Flaherty comes into the half back line in place of the injured Brian Sugrue.
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Last year’s minor captain Mark O’Connor replaces the injured Matthew O’Sullivan at centre field. Eánna Ó Conchúir replaces David Foran in the half forward line and in the full forward line, Dara Roche comes in for Tony Brosnan.
The team contains six of the side defeated by Cork in last year’s semi-final game – Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Matthew Flaherty, Barry O’Sullivan, Micheál Burns, Dara Roche and Jack Savage.
Twelve of the side won All Ireland Minor Medals in either 2014 or 2015.
The team, captained by Jack Savage of Kerins O’Rahillys is as follows:
1. Eoghan O’Brien Churchill
2. Brian Ó Beaglaoich An Ghaeltacht
3. Jason Foley Ballydonoghue
4. Tom O’Sullivan Dingle
5. Matthew Flaherty Dingle
6. Andrew Barry Na Gael
7. Gavin White Dr Crokes
8. Barry O’Sullivan Dingle
9. Mark O’Connor Dingle
10. Brian Ó Seanacháin Ballydonoghue
11. Micheál Burns Dr Crokes
12. Eanna Ó Conchúir An Ghaeltacht
13. Dara Roche Glenflesk
14. Killian Spillane Templenoe
15. Jack Savage (C) Kerins O’Rahillys
Fir Ionaid:
Darragh O’Shea Ballydonoghue
Tony Brosnan Dr Crokes
Tom (Leo) O’Sullivan Dingle
David Foran St Senans
Jordan Kiely Dr Crokes
Greg Horan Austin Stacks
Dan O’Donoghue Spa
Fionán Clifford Waterville
Cormac Coffey Kerins O’Rahillys
Shane O’Connor John Mitchels
Conor Geaney Dingle
Bainistíocht:
Bainisteoir: Jack O’Connor (Dromid Pearses)
Roghnoirí: Micheál O’Shea (Castlegregory), Eamon Whelan (St Senans), Declan O’Sullivan (Dromid Pearses).
Treanálaí: Alan O’Sullivan and Arthur Fitzgerald
