Simon Lambert at midfield to face the Cats

Fri, 20th February 2015

Dublin have made two changes in personnel to their team for Sunday's NHL Division 1A clash with Kilkenny in Nowlan Park (2.0).

At midfield Simon Lambert will replace the injured Ross O'Carroll who had to be replaced after 15 minutes of Dublin's 2-20 to 0-14 victory over Tipperary in Parnell Park last weekend.

Lambert will form a midfield partnership with his club-mate Shane Durkin. Lambert returned to intercounty action during the recent Walsh Cup after missing last year after knee surgery.

In late August 2013 during a club challenge game (Ballyboden St Enda's v Galway's Loughrea) he ruptured both his anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and his lateral cruciate ligament required reconstruction.

Up front David Treacy comes in for Paul Ryan at corner-forward.

DUBLIN (SH v Kilkenny)

1 Alan Nolan (St Brigid’s)

2 Cian O’Callaghan (Cuala)

3 Michael Carton (O’Toole’s)

4 Paul Schutte (Cuala)

5 Chris Crummey (Lucan Sarsfields)

6 Peter Kelly (Lucan Sarsfields)

7 Conal Keaney (Ballyboden St Enda's)

8 Shane Durkin (Ballyboden St Enda's)

9 Simon Lambert (Ballyboden St Enda's)

10 Colm Cronin (Cuala)

11 Eamonn Dillon (Nh Fionnbarra)

12 Danny Sutcliffe (St Jude's)

13 David Treacy (Cuala)

14 Liam Rushe (St Pat’s, Palmerstown)

15 Mark Schutte (Cuala)

Dublin's minor footballers face Kildare in St Clare's on Saturday in the Leinster MFL (2.30) while at the same time another Dublin minor selection play Offaly also in the Leinster MFL in Páirc Ciceam, Ballymun Kickhams. Last Saturday the Dublin sides recorded victories over Limerick and Clare in UCD.