Laois senior football manager Justin McNulty has named his starting 15 and substitutes for Sunday’s Tailteann Cup semi final.
From the 26 who were named for the win over Kildare, there is just one change for the clash with Antrim.
The Heath’s Dylan Kavanagh, who was named to start that game but was replaced by Portlaoise’s Ben Dempsey, misses out altogether.
His place in the squad goes to Ballyroan-Abbey’s Aaron McEvoy.
Eoin Lowry and Ben Dempsey are named among the substitutes but it is expected that they will start ahead of Kieran Lillis and Rioghan Murphy as they did last Sunday.
The good news is that Courtwood’s Niall Dunne, who limped off with an ankle injury right at the end of the Kildare game, is named to start so presumably, has recovered.
Laois face Antrim at 2pm on Sunday with Down taking on Sligo at 4pm in Croke Park.
The winners will then meet in the final on July 13 at the same venue.
LAOIS: Killian Roche (Killeshin); James Kelly (St Joseph’s), Kieran Lillis (Portlaoise), Mark Timmons (Graiguecullen); Seamus Lacey (Ballylinan), Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen), Simon Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska); Damon Larkin (Portlaoise), Conor Heffernan (Killeshin); Mark Barry (O’Dempsey’s), Evan O’Carroll (Crettyard), Kevin Swayne (Portlaoise); Rioghan Murphy (Portarlington), Niall Dunne (Courtwood), Paul Kingston (Arles-Killeen)
SUBS: Conor Brown (Portlaoise), Eoin Buggie (Stradbally), Ciaran Burke (Crettyard), Niall Corbet (Clonaslee-St Manman’s), Brian Daly (St Joseph’s), Mikie Dempsey (St Joseph’s), Ben Dempsey (Portlaoise), Shaun Fitzpatrick (Ballyroan-Abbey), Jack Lacey (St Joseph’s), Eoin Lowry (Killeshin), Aaron McEvoy (Ballyroan-Abbey)
