{"id":309524,"date":"2026-02-21T08:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309524\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:46:08","slug":"three-changes-for-cork-clifford-and-osullivan-return-for-kerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/309524\/","title":{"rendered":"Three changes for Cork, Clifford and O&#8217;Sullivan return for Kerry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cork have made three changes to their starting team for Sunday&#8217;s Division 2 top of the table match against Meath at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn. Miche\u00e1l Aodh Martin comes in for Patrick Doyle in goal while in the half-back time, Rory Maguire takes the place of Brian O&#8217;Driscoll. The final change is at full-forward with Dara Sheedy replacing Brian Hurley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n             <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/sport\/gaa\/arid-41796104.html\">Meath<\/a> manager Robbie Brennan has tweaked his starting 15 for the game. Brennan has made one change from the side that started the victory over Louth last Saturday at Croke Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"> Conor Duke, who came on as a half-time substitute against Louth, is named to start, while Cian McBride reverts to the bench.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There is no change in personnel from goalkeeper Sean Brennan out to midfield duo Bryan Menton and the in-form Jack Flynn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Duke lines out at 10 as part of an all-Dunshaughlin half-forward line alongside Ruair\u00ed Kinsella and Mathew Costello.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A late addition last week, Aaron Lynch retains his place in the full-forward line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kerry have made one change to their starting team for Saturday evening&#8217;s clash with Dublin at Croke Park from the side which drew with Galway last weekend. Mark O&#8217;Shea replaces Liam Smith in midfield. There are significant reinforcements on the bench with Tom O&#8217;Sullivan and Paudie Clifford being named in Jack O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s matchday squad for the first time this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For the first time in the league, the AFL-bound Kobe McDonald has been named in the Mayo matchday panel. Andy Moran&#8217;s side play Monaghan in Clones on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            CORK (NFL v Meath): M A Martin (Nemo Rangers), M Shanley (Clonakilty), D O\u2019Mahony (Knocknagree), T Walsh (Kanturk), M Taylor (Mallow), R Maguire (Castlehaven), L Fahy (Ballincollig), C O\u2019Callaghan (\u00c9ire \u00d3g), S Walsh (Mitchelstown), P Walsh (Kanturk), M Cronin (Nemo Rangers), S McDonnell (Mallow), C \u00d3 Jones (U\u00edbh Laoire), D Sheedy (Bantry Blues), S Sherlock (St Finbarr\u2019s)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: D Newman (St Finbarr\u2019s), J O\u2019Driscoll (Valley Rovers), S Meehan (Kiskeam), D Cashman (Millstreet), I Maguire (St Finbarr\u2019s), C Cahalane (Castlehaven), D Buckley (Newcestown), R Deane (Bantry Blues), C Corbett (Clyda Rovers), C Daly (Clonakilty), C O\u2019Mahony (Mitchelstown)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            KERRY (NFL v Dublin): S Murphy; E Looney, J Foley, D Casey; A Heinrich, T Morley, G O\u2019Sullivan; J O\u2019Connor, M O\u2019Shea; C Trant, S O\u2019Shea, M Burns; T Brosnan, D Clifford, K Evans\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: S Broderick, E Healy, L Smith, T O\u2019Sullivan, D O\u2019Sullivan, P Clifford, P Murphy, C Collins, D Lyne, C Keating, C Brosnan<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            MEATH (NFL v Cork): S Brennan, S Lavin, S Rafferty, B O\u2019Halloran, D Keogan, S Coffey, C Caulfield, B Menton, J Flynn, C Duke, R Kinsella, M Costello, J Morris, E Frayne, A Lynch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: B Hogan, R Ryan, J Muldoon, K Smyth, A O\u2019Neill, C McBride, J Scully, J O\u2019Connor, O Martin, C O\u2019Connor, D McGowan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            MAYO (NFL v Monaghan): R Hennelly; J Coyne (C), D McHugh, E Hession; S Callinan, C Loftus, P Durcan; B Tuohy, D McBrien; J Carney, R O\u2019Donoghue, J Flynn; D Beirne, A O\u2019Shea, F Boland<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: J Livingstone, R Brickenden, M Plunkett, S Coen, F Kelly, S Howard, K McDonald, C McHale, D Duffy, S Morahan, P Towey,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork have made three changes to their starting team for Sunday&#8217;s Division 2 top of the table match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2110,1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-309524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-sport","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309524","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=309524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}