{"id":345409,"date":"2026-03-14T05:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/345409\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T05:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:17:14","slug":"key-players-return-as-rebels-name-team-for-crunch-fixture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/345409\/","title":{"rendered":"Key players return as Rebels name team for crunch fixture\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">John Cleary\u2019s hand has been strengthened by the return of key players for Cork\u2019s crucial Allianz Division 2 Football League encounter against Kildare at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn tomorrow (5pm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In what is the penultimate league fixture with the stakes high for the Rebels after their 20-point drubbing to Derry nearly two weeks ago, there are five changes from that defeat at Find Insurance Celtic Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Se\u00e1n Brady, Brian O\u2019Driscoll, Tommy Walsh and Mark Cronin return following injuries while team captain Ian Maguire is back in the middle of the field following a one-match ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The players to drop out from the Derry game are Se\u00e1n Meehan, Matty Taylor, Rory Maguire, Se\u00e1n Walsh and Conor Corbett.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On the bench, Patrick Doyle is back from injury as he wears the number 16 jersey. Also back from a spell on the treatment table is Brian Hurley.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5001953_13_articleinline_3358793_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Cork's Mark Cronin squeezes home the Rebels' third goal in their victory over Offaly this season. Picture: Thomas Flinkow\/Sportsfile\" title=\"Cork's Mark Cronin squeezes home the Rebels' third goal in their victory over Offaly this season. Picture: Thomas Flinkow\/Sportsfile\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork&#8217;s Mark Cronin squeezes home the Rebels&#8217; third goal in their victory over Offaly this season. Picture: Thomas Flinkow\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Leesiders have been in Portugal on a warm-weather training camp since their last game against Derry as they look to get their promotion charge back on track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork sit third in the table, outside the promotion places on scoring difference with Derry and Meath holding those positions at the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Derry take on Louth away in Ardee tomorrow at 3pm while Meath and Tyrone do battle in Croke Park at 5pm, which is also taking place tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork finish their regular league season away to Tyrone on Sunday week at O\u2019Neills Healy Park in Omagh at 1.15pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            CORK (v Kildare):\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Miche\u00e1l Aodh Martin (Nemo Rangers);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Maurice Shanley (Clonakilty), Daniel O\u2019Mahony (Knocknagree), Se\u00e1n Brady (Ballygarvan);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brian O\u2019Driscoll (Carrigaline), Tommy Walsh (Kanturk), Luke Fahy (Ballincollig);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Colm O\u2019Callaghan (\u00c9ire \u00d3g), Ian Maguire (St Finbarr\u2019s, capt);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Paul Walsh (Kanturk), Mark Cronin (Nemo Rangers), Se\u00e1n McDonnell (Mallow);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Chris \u00d3g Jones (Uibh Laoire), Dara Sheedy (Bantry Blues), Steven Sherlock (St Finbarr\u2019s).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: Patrick Doyle (Knocknagree), Se\u00e1n Meehan (Kiskeam), Matty Taylor (Mallow), Rory Maguire (Castlehaven), Darragh Cashman (Millstreet), Se\u00e1n Walsh (Mitchelstown), Conor Cahalane (Castlehaven), David Buckley (Newcestown), Ruair\u00ed Deane (Bantry Blues), Conor Corbett (Clyda Rovers), Brian Hurley (Castlehaven).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Cleary\u2019s hand has been strengthened by the return of key players for Cork\u2019s crucial Allianz Division 2&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1964,61,60,112],"class_list":["post-345409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cork-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345409","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=345409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}