TEAM NEWS: Mick Bohan names panel to face Meath on Sunday in TG4 Leinster tie

Fri, 3rd May 2024

By Jackie Cahill

Dublin v Meath

Mick Bohan has named his side to face Meath in TG4 in Leinster Senior Championship tie at Parnell Park on Sunday at 2pm.

Champions Dublin and Meath will complete the group stages of the TG4 Leinster Senior Championship on Sunday – with both teams already through to the final at Croke Park on May 12.

Meath appear to be keeping their powder dry ahead of the Final, with Katie Newe, who captains the team at Parnell Park on Sunday, the only survivor from the side that started against Kildare last time out.Goalkeeper Robyn Murray, Ciara Lawlor, Olivia Gore, Karla Kealy, Tori Foster, Isabel O’Connor, Aisling McCabe, Rachel Casserly, Meadhbh Byrne, Seona Lynch, Orlaith Mallon, Megan Collins, Kerrie Cole and Ailbhe Leahy all start on Sunday, with a host of key names held in reserve.

Going out of the team are goalkeeper and regular captain Monica McGuirk, along with Áine Sheridan, Mary Kate Lynch, Nicole Troy, Niamh Gallogly, Lisa Young, Máire O’Shaughnessy, Aoibhín Cleary, Meghan Thynne, Shelly Melia, Ciara Smyth, Ella Moyles, Marion Farrelly and Emma Duggan.

Dublin, in contrast, have opted for a very strong starting line-up on Sunday, with ten changes in personnel from the team that beat Laois comprehensively. In come Leah Caffrey, Martha Byrne, Niamh Crowley, Aoife Kane, Jennifer Dunne, Lauren Magee, Caoimhe O’Connor, Orlagh Nolan, captain Carla Rowe and Hannah Tyrrell, with Niamh Donlon, Jessica Tobin, Claire Kirwan, Kate Murray, Olwen Carey, Grace Kós, Caitlin Coffey, Kate Sullivan, Chloe Darby and Niamh Hetherton dropping out.

Dublin:R Fleming; L Caffrey, M Byrne, N Crowley; H McGinnis, S Goldrick, A Kane; J Dunne, L Magee; C O’Connor, O Nolan, C Rowe (capt.); A Timothy, H Tyrrell, N Owens.

Meath:R Murray; C Lawlor, O Gore, K Kealy; T Foster, I O’Connor, K Newe (capt.); A McCabe, R Casserly; M Byrne, S Lynch, O Mallon; M Collins, K Cole, A Leahy.