Three changes for Jackies clash with Cork

Fri, 7th February 2020

Dublin manager Mick Bohan has made three changes in personnel as the TG4 All-Ireland senior champions prepare to welcome Lidl National League Division 1 holders Cork to Croke Park.

Two of the game’s big hitters lock horns at GAA HQ on Saturday evening (5.0), in a game that will precede the men’s fixture between Dublin and Monaghan (7.0).

Bohan watched his side defeat Mayo in Castlebar last weekend for a first victory of the season, and he’s handed starts to Orlagh Nolan, Hannah O’Neill and Caoimhe O’Connor for the visit of the Leesiders to the capital.

These sides met last in the 2019 TG4 All-Ireland SFC semi-final, when the Sky Blues prevailed in front of 10,886 spectators at Croke Park, and O’Connor was one of the Dublin goal-scorers on that occasion.

Prior to that, Cork had claimed the bragging rights when the teams clashed in the 2019 Lidl NFL Division 1 semi-final.

Ephie Fitzgerald’s charges eventually prevailed after extra-time in a classic Nowlan Park encounter, which was played in sweltering conditions.

Chasing a third win from three outings this term, Cork are unchanged from their clash with Tipperary last weekend.

DUBLIN (v Cork): C Trant; É Rutledge, M Ní Scanaill, M Byrne; L Caffrey, N Collins, O Nolan; L Magee, J Dunne; K Sullivan, S Woods, C Rowe; R McDonnell, H O’Neill, C O’Connor.

CORK (v Dublin): M O’Brien; M Ambrose, R Phelan, S Leahy; L O’Mahony, M Duggan, A Hutchings; M O’Callaghan, H Looney; L Coppinger, B O'Sullivan, L Cleary; Á O’Sullivan, S Noonan, O Finn.