{"id":309129,"date":"2026-02-21T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309129\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:30:10","slug":"john-cleary-makes-three-changes-for-crucial-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309129\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cleary makes three changes for crucial tie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cork boss John Cleary has made three changes to the starting team for his side\u2019s Allianz Division 2 Football League meeting with Meath on Sunday afternoon (2pm).<\/p>\n

The Rebels defeated Offaly last Sunday at Glenisk O\u2019Connor Park on a scoreline of 3-15 to 0-19.<\/p>\n

It set them up nicely for this vital game against Meath.<\/p>\n

Both sides have six points from their opening three games in what is a crucial fixture in the quest for promotion with three games remaining after this one.<\/p>\n

P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn is the venue as the Rebels make a few alterations to the team that defeated Offaly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"CorkCork manager John Cleary. Picture: INPHO\/Bryan Keane<\/p>\n

Goalkeeper Patrick Doyle was a major injury doubt for this upcoming game as he\u2019s replaced by Miche\u00e1l Aodh Martin in between the sticks.<\/p>\n

Tommy Walsh was rested last weekend as he comes in for Se\u00e1n Meehan in defence.<\/p>\n

The final change comes in midfield with team captain Ian Maguire making way for Se\u00e1n Walsh.<\/p>\n

Brian O\u2019Driscoll and Brian Hurley both suffered injuries in recent weeks and aren\u2019t named on the 26 for Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Conor Corbett and Darragh Cashman were late additions to the bench for the five-point away victory over Offaly. Both are subs again this weekend.<\/p>\n

Having Corbett back is a big positive after the Clyda Rovers player suffered a shoulder injury before Christmas.<\/p>\n

\"Cork'sCork’s Dara Sheedy in action against Offaly. Picture: INPHO\/Bryan Keane<\/p>\n

One of the newcomers to the panel for this campaign, Darragh Newman, is wearing the number 16 jersey due to the injury to Doyle.<\/p>\n

\n CORK (v Meath):\n <\/p>\n

Miche\u00e1l Aodh Martin (Nemo Rangers);<\/p>\n

Maurice Shanley (Clonakilty), Daniel O\u2019Mahony (Knocknagree, capt), Tommy Walsh (Kanturk);<\/p>\n

Matty Taylor (Mallow), Rory Maguire (Castlehaven), Luke Fahy (Ballincollig);<\/p>\n

Colm O\u2019Callaghan (\u00c9ire \u00d3g), Se\u00e1n Walsh (Mitchelstown);<\/p>\n

Paul Walsh (Kanturk), Mark Cronin (Nemo Rangers), Se\u00e1n McDonnell (Mallow);<\/p>\n

Chris \u00d3g Jones (Uibh Laoire), Dara Sheedy (Bantry Blues), Steven Sherlock (St Finbarr\u2019s).<\/p>\n

\n Subs: Darragh Newman (St Finbarr\u2019s), Jacob O\u2019Driscoll (Valley Rovers), Se\u00e1n Meehan (Kiskeam), Darragh Cashman (Millstreet), Ian Maguire (St Finbarr\u2019s), Conor Cahalane (Castlehaven), David Buckley (Newcestown), Ruair\u00ed Deane (Bantry Blues), Conor Corbett (Clyda Rovers), Conor Daly (Clonakilty), Cathail O\u2019Mahony (Mitchelstown).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork boss John Cleary has made three changes to the starting team for his side\u2019s Allianz Division 2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-309129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork-gaa","9":"tag-headlines","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}