{"id":431103,"date":"2026-05-04T02:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431103\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T02:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:48:13","slug":"cork-minors-make-three-changes-for-clash-with-kerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/431103\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork minors make three changes for clash with Kerry\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Cork boss Keith Ricken has been forced into making a few changes for his side\u2019s Electric Ireland Munster MFC Phase 2 Round 2 game against Kerry tomorrow evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Austin Stack Park in Tralee is the venue, with throw-in at 7pm, for the latest meeting of the old rivals. The Rebels will look to build on their 4-25 to 0-12 win over Clare in Clarecastle in last Monday\u2019s opening championship outing for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Injuries to key players, however, mean the management team has had no choice but to shake things up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5065209_11_articleinlinemobile_EOHCorkminorball18.jpg\" alt=\"Cork minor football manager Keith Ricken. Picture: Eddie O'Hare\" title=\"Cork minor football manager Keith Ricken. Picture: Eddie O'Hare\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Cork minor football manager Keith Ricken. Picture: Eddie O&#8217;Hare<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In defence, Colm O\u2019Riordan makes way for Riain McCormack. In midfield, Conrad Murphy is replaced by Peadar Kelly, while up front Alex O\u2019Herlihy comes in for Tom Whooley, who was very impressive during the Clare win with 1-5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cork are seeking their first victory over Kerry at this grade since 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Regardless of tomorrow\u2019s result, the Rebels will face Waterford next Monday (11th) in the final group game at P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Rinn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            CORK (v Kerry):\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Rory Twohig (Kilmeen);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Riain McCormack (Midleton), Gabriel Oronsaye (Liscarroll\/Churchtown Gaels), Conor Garvey (St Finbarr\u2019s);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Darragh O\u2019Sullivan (Erin\u2019s Own), Conor Downing (Adrigole), \u00c9anna Lynch (Ballincollig);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kieran O\u2019Shea (Urhan), Peadar Kelly (Naomh Ab\u00e1n);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Eoghan Ahern (Carrigaline), Ben Hegarty (Ballinora), Joe Miskella (Ballincollig, capt);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Alex O\u2019Herlihy (St Finbarr\u2019s), Jacob Barry (Aghinagh), D\u00f3nal Herlihy (Shamrocks).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: Kieran Archer (Russell Rovers), Donncha O\u2019Mahony (Newcestown), Riley O\u2019Donovan (Barryroe), P\u00f3l O\u2019Connor (Lisgoold), Mark Power (Charleville), Luke O\u2019Neill (Carbery Rangers), Morgan Corkery (Nemo Rangers), Riain Coakley (\u00c9ire \u00d3g), Rory O\u2019Sullivan (Naomh Ab\u00e1n).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Standby players: Donnacha Coleman (Youghal), Kevin O\u2019Donovan (O\u2019Donovan Rossa).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cork boss Keith Ricken has been forced into making a few changes for his side\u2019s Electric Ireland Munster&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1964,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-431103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-cork-gaa","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431103","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=431103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}