Laois senior football manager Justin McNulty has named his team that will face Down in the Tailteann Cup final on Saturday.
The side that is named shows one change from the starting 15 that defeated Antrim three weeks ago.
Stradbally’s Eoin Buggie is named in defence with Portlaoise’s Ben Dempsey among the substitutes.
Aside from that, the starting 15 is the same but there are some positional changes.
Eoin Buggie is wearing seven with Simon Fingleton named at full back.
In attack, Mark Barry will wear the number 13 with Niall Dunne going to 10 and Eoin Lowry taking 14.
On the bench, St Joseph’s Mikie Dempsey is out after sustaining a cruciate knee injury and is replaced by Fionn Holland of O’Dempsey’s.
While St Joseph’s Aaron Cooney is selected as the sub keeper ahead of Conor Brown.
Rioghan Murphy and Shaun Fitzpatrick are also named on the bench but they will be expected to play big roles from there.
LAOIS: Killian Roche (Killeshin); James Kelly (St Joseph’s), Simon Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska), Mark Timmons (Graiguecullen); Seamus Lacey (Ballylinan), Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen), Eoin Buggie (Stradbally); Damon Larkin (Portlaoise), Conor Heffernan (Killeshin); Niall Dunne (Courtwood), Evan O’Carroll (Crettyard), Kevin Swayne (Portlaoise); Mark Barry (O’Dempsey’s), Eoin Lowry (Killeshin), Paul Kingston (Arles-Killeen)
SUBS: Aaron Cooney (St Joseph’s), Ciaran Burke (Crettyard), Niall Corbet (Clonaslee-St Manman’s), Ben Dempsey (Portlaoise), Brian Daly (St Joseph’s), Shaun Fitzpatrick (Ballyroan-Abbey), Fionn Holland (O’Dempsey’s), Jack Lacey (St Joseph’s), Kieran Lillis (Portlaoise), Aaron McEvoy (Ballyroan-Abbey), Rioghan Murphy (Portarlington)
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