The Laois senior football team to face Offaly in the quarter final of the Leinster championship has been named.
Unsurprisingly, manager Justin McNulty has kept faith with the starting 15 and subs that defeated Leitrim in the Division 4 final two weeks ago.
Offaly have also named their team and it does not include two big players.
Nigel Dunne misses out through suspension while Anton Sullivan is injured.
The game is scheduled for O’Moore Park with throw in at 7pm.
LAOIS: Killian Roche (Killeshin); Ben Dempsey (Portlaoise), Seamus Lacey (Ballylinan), James Kelly (St Joseph’s), Eoin Buggie (Stradbally), Mark Timmons (Graiguecullen), Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen); Kieran Lillis (Portlaoise), Damon Larkin (Portlaoise); Kevin Swayne (Portlaoise), Eoin Lowry (Killeshin), Shaun Fitzpatrick (Ballyroan-Abbey); Mark Barry (O’Dempsey’s), Evan O’Carroll (Crettyard), Paul Kingston (Arles-Killeen).
Subs: Aaron Cooney (St Joseph’s), Niall Corbet (Clonaslee-St Manman’s), Brian Daly (St Joseph’s), Mikie Dempsey (St Joseph’s), Simon Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska), Niall Dunne (Courtwood), Jack Lacey (St Joseph’s), Conor Heffernan (Killeshin), Sean O’Flynn (Courtwood), Rioghan Murphy (Portarlington), Danny O’Reilly (Graiguecullen)
OFFALY: Ian Duffy; Lee Pearson, Declan Hogan, David Dempsey; Cormac Egan, Peter Cunningham, John Furlong; Eoin Carroll, Jack McEvoy; Dylan Hyland, Ruairi McNamee, Jordan Hayes; Keith O’Neill, Nathan Poland, Jack Bryant
SUBS: Mikey Cunningham, Adam Bolger, Jack O’Brien, Daire McDaid, Rory Egan, Cathal Flynn, Kevin McDermott, Diarmuid Finneran, Morgan Tynan, Cian Farrell, Cathal Donoghue
Meanwhile, the Laois U-20 hurlers have also named their team to take on Wexford tomorrow.
Damien Carter has made two changes from the side that was beaten by Kilkenny last
Diarmuid Dooley has come into the full back line with Joe Pearson dropping to the bench.
While the second change is in midfield where Tommy Brennan comes in for Aaron Phelan.
Laois face Wexford in Wexford Park at 2pm where a win will see them reach the quarter finals of the Leinster championship.
If they are beaten, they will instead head for a preliminary quarter final against one of the Tier 2 sides.
LAOIS: Brochan O’Reilly (Portlaoise); Diarmuid Dooley (Rosenallis), Cathal Cuddy (Camross), Ciaran Flynn (The Harps); Cormac Hogan (Clough-Ballacolla), Eoghan Cuddy (Camross), Tom Cuddy (Camross); Tommy Brennan (Clough-Ballacolla), Cody Comerford (The Harps); Ben Deegan (Camross), Jack Breen (Castletown), Conor Fitzpatrick (Park-Ratheniska-Timahoe); Colin Byrne (Abbeyleix), Jer Quinlan (Borris-Kilcotton), Cormac Byrne (Abbeyleix)
Subs: Peter Rafter (Clough-Ballacolla), Joe Pearson (Clough-Ballacolla), Brian Duggan (Ballinakill), Kevin Byrne (Camross), Bobby Murphy (The Harps), James Cuddy (Camross), Aaron Phelan (Castletown), Mark Downey (The Harps), Ciaran McKelvey (Castletown)
