Senior footballers have new-look for Longford contest

Fri, 29th May 2015

The Dublin team to face Longford in Sunday's Leinster SFC quarter-final has a new look to it with three players primed to make their SFC starting debut at Croke Park (4.0).

David Byrne (Nh Olaf), John Small and Brian Fenton have been selected by Jim Gavin's management as injury concerns rules out Rory O'Carroll, James McCarthy and Cian O'Sullivan.

In total only seven of the team selected to begin against Longford this Sunday started against Donegal in last year's All-Ireland SFC semi-final - Stephen Cluxton, Jonny Cooper, Philly McMahon, Jack McCaffrey, Paul Flynn, Diarmuid Connolly and Bernard Brogan.

The eight who began that day against Donegal not starting this Sunday are: Mick Fitzsimons, Rory O'Carroll, James McCarthy, Michael Darragh Macauley, Cian O'Sullivan, Cormac Costello, Alan Brogan and Eoghan O'Gara.

DUBLIN (SF v Longford)

1 Stephen Cluxton (Parnell's)

2 Jonny Cooper (Na Fianna)

3 David Byrne (Nh Olaf)

4 Philly McMahon (Ballymun Kickhams)

5 Darren Daly (Fingal Ravens)

6 John Small (Ballymun Kickhams)

7 Jack McCaffrey (Clontarf)

8 Brian Fenton (Raheny)

9 Denis Bastick (Templeogue Synge St)

10 Paul Flynn (Fingallians)

11 Ciarán Kilkenny (Castleknock)