Two changes in personel for All-Ireland SFC quarter-final

Thu, 7th August 2014

Dublin make two changes in personnel for Saturday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Monaghan in Croke Park (6.0).

Jonny Cooper, who missed out on the Leinster final victory over Meath owing to injury, returns to action at centre-back with Jack McCaffrey losing out.

The other alteration is in the attack with Eoghan O'Gara listed to start at full-forward - in the rejigged forward line Paul Mannion will not start.

O'Gara impressed when coming on against the Royal County when scoring 1-1 and winning a lot of clean possession.

DUBLIN (SFC v Monaghan)

Stephen Cluxton (Parnell's)

Mick Fitzsimons (Cuala) Rory O'Carroll (Kilmacud Crokes) Philly McMahon (Ballymun Kickhams)

James McCarthy (Ballymun Kickhams) Jonny Cooper (Na Fianna) Nicky Devereux (Ballinteer St John's)

Michael Darragh Macauley (Ballyboden St Enda's) Cian O'Sullivan (Kilmacud Crokes)

Paul Flynn (Fingallians) Kevin McManamon (St Jude's) Diarmuid Connolly (St Vincent's)

Alan Brogan (St Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh) Eoghan O'Gara (Templeogue Synge St) Bernard Brogan (St Oliver Plunkett's/Eoghan Ruadh)

DUBLIN v MONAGHAN

They meet in the championship for the first time since July 1923, when Dublin beat Monaghan by 2-5 to 0-0 in the All-Ireland semi-final in Dundalk. Dublin also won the previous two championship meetings between the counties in 1921 and 1908.

The last competitive clash between the counties was in March 2011 when Dublin beat Monaghan by a point (0-13 to 1-9) in Clones in Division 1 of the Allianz Football League. Dublin, the reigning All-Ireland champions, are bidding to reach the semi-finals for a fifth successive year, having last lost out in 2009 when they lost to Kerry. Monaghan are bidding to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 1988.

Paths to the quarter-final

Dublin 2-21 Laois 0-16 (Leinster quarter-final)

Dublin 2-25 Wexford 1-12 (Leinster semi-final)

Dublin 3-20 Meath 1-11 (Leinster final)

Dublin scorers

Cormac Costello.....................1-9

Kevin McManamon...............1-7

Bernard Brogan......................1-7 (0-4 frees)

Paul Flynn..............................1-6

Dean Rock.............................0-8 (0-7 frees)

Eoghan O’Gara.....................1-4

Diarmuid Connolly.................1-4 (0-1 free)

Michael Darragh Macauley...1-1

Stephen Cluxton.....................0-4 (0-4‘45s’)

Paul Mannion....................0-3

Alan Brogan........................0-3

Tomas Brady......................0-2

Cian O’Sullivan...................0-2

Paddy Andrews....................0-1

James McCarthy...................0-1

Bryan Cullen........................0-1

Philly McMahon.................0-1

Nicky Devereux.................0-1

Jack McCaffrey.................0-1

Monaghan

Monaghan 1-12 Tyrone 0-14 (Ulster quarter-final)

Monaghan 0-14 Armagh 0-14 (Ulster semi-final)

Monaghan 1-18 Armagh 1-13, replay (Ulster semi-final)

Donegal 0-15 Monaghan 1-9 (Ulster final)

Monaghan 2-16 Kildare 2-14, after extra-time (Round 4 qualifier)

Monaghan scorers

Conor McManus...............1-21 (0-15 frees, 0-1 sideline)

Rory Beggan...................0-11 (0-9 frees, 0-2 ‘45s’)

Paul Finlay.....................0-11 (0-7 frees)

Chris McGuinness.........2-5

Kieran Hughes..................0-5

Dermot Malone................1-1

Vinny Corey...................1-1

Fintan Kelly......................0-3

Stephen Gollogly.............0-3

Darren Hughes...............0-3

Dick Clerkin...................0-2

Jack McCarron................0-2

Drew Wylie....................0-1

Previous All-Ireland quarter-final appearances

Dublin

Dublin have played in fifteen quarter-finals, winning seven, drawing three and losing five. The only year they didn’t qualify for the quarter-finals (introduced in 2001) was in 2003 when they lost to Armagh in the qualifiers. They have won their last four quarter-finals, leaving the heavy defeat by Kerry in 2009 as their most recent loss.

2013: Dublin 1-16 Cork 0-12

2012: Dublin 1-12 Laois 0-12

2011: Dublin 0-22 Tyrone 0-15

2010: Dublin 1-15 Tyrone 0-13

2009: Kerry 1-24 Dublin 1-7

2008: Tyrone 3-14 Dublin 1-8

2007: Dublin 0-18 Derry 0-15

2006: Dublin 1-12 Westmeath 0-5

2005: Tyrone 2-18 Dublin 1-14 (replay)

2005: Dublin 1-14 Tyrone 1-14 (draw)

2004: Kerry 1-15 Dublin 1-8

2002: Dublin 1-14 Donegal 0-7 (replay)