{"id":461109,"date":"2026-05-22T03:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/461109\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:10:08","slug":"teams-white-out-for-kerry-mcdaid-starts-for-galway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/461109\/","title":{"rendered":"Teams: White out for Kerry, McDaid starts for Galway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kerry will be without their All-Ireland winning captain Gavin White but Joe O’Connor and Brian \u00d3 Beagla\u00edoch have returned to the squad ahead of Saturday’s visit of Donegal to Fitzgerald Stadium.<\/p>\n

Paudie Clifford is also named among the subs after going off injured at half-time in the victory over Cork.<\/p>\n

Jack O’Connor’s side sees four changes to the team which overcame Cork in the Munster final. Graham O’Sullivan returns at wing-back in place of Armin Heinrich, who misses out on the match-day squad.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Se\u00e1n O’Brien is named among the replacements, with Diarmuid O’Connor shifting over to midfield, with Cillian Trant coming in at wing-forward.<\/p>\n

There are two changes in the attack. Tony Brosnan, who scored 0-05 in the second half after replacing Paudie Clifford, is named at corner forward.<\/p>\n

Dylan Geaney is also listed at No. 15, with Tom\u00e1s Kennedy named among the subs.<\/p>\n

Kerry: Shane Murphy; Evan Looney, Jason Foley, Dylan Casey; Tadhg Morley, Mike Breen, Graham O’Sullivan; Mark O’Shea, Diarmuid O’Connor; Miche\u00e1l Burns, Keith Evans, Cillian Trant; Tony Brosnan, David Clifford, Dylan Geaney.<\/p>\n

Subs: Se\u00e1n Broderick, Eddie Healy, Tom\u00e1s Kennedy, Killian Spillane, Donagh O’Sullivan, Paudie Clifford, Joe O’Connor, Brian \u00d3 Beagla\u00edoch, Se\u00e1n O’Brien, Joey Nagle, Barry Dan O’Sullivan.<\/p>\n

Cillian McDaid has been deemed fit to start, while Cian Hernon and Matthew Tierney return to the starting team for Galway’s home game against Kildare on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

McDaid, who missed a big chunk of the league, was withdrawn injured late in the Connacht final loss to Roscommon but has recovered sufficiently to be named at 12 for the visit of the Lilywhites.<\/p>\n

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\nCillian McDaid in action in the Connacht final<\/p>\n

Otherwise, Padraic Joyce has made four changes to the team which missed out on five in a row in Connacht.<\/p>\n

Cian Hernon starts at full-back, with 2022 All-Star John Daly listed at centre-back. Both Johnny McGrath and Kieran Molloy drop to the bench.<\/p>\n

In attack, Ciar\u00e1n Mulhern comes in at centre-forward, with Matthew Tierney named at full-forward – Daniel O’Flaherty and Ryan Roche are the players to make way.<\/p>\n

Damien Comer, who made a huge impact off the bench against Roscommon, is again listed among the substitutes.<\/p>\n

Galway: Conor Flaherty; Jack Glynn, Cian Hernon, Liam Silke; Dylan McHugh, John Daly, Se\u00e1n Kelly; Paul Conroy, John Maher; C\u00e9in Darcy, Ciar\u00e1n Mulhern, Cillian McDaid; Rob Finnerty, Matthew Tierney, Shane Walsh.<\/p>\n

Subs: Connor Gleeson, Brian Cogger, Sean \u00d3 Maoilchiar\u00e1in, Johnny McGrath, Kieran Molloy, Ryan Roche, Shay McGlinchey, Shane McGrath, Daniel O’Flaherty, Ois\u00edn MacDonnacha, Damien Comer.<\/p>\n

Rob Downey returns to the Cork side after his period on the sidelines for their final round robin game against Clare, where Ben O’Connor’s side can assure themselves of a Munster final if they can avoid a defeat of four points or more.<\/p>\n

Downey’s return is well ahead of schedule, the centre-back having been initially ruled out for six weeks following their Round 2 win over Limerick in late April.<\/p>\n

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\nRobert Downey is back in the Cork side<\/p>\n

However, Downey is back in the side within a month, slotting back into the half-back line alongside his brother Eoin and Mark Coleman. His return allows Tommy O’Connell to slip back into midfield alongside Tim O’Mahony, in place of the absent Darragh Fitzgibbon, who underwent surgery on his appendix.<\/p>\n

There is one other change to the Cork side which won by four in Walsh Park, Barry Walsh coming back into the side for Hugh O’Connor at wing-forward.<\/p>\n

Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Damien Cahalane, Sean O’Donoghue; Eoin Downey, Rob Downey, Mark Coleman; Tim O’Mahony, Tommy O’Connell; Barry Walsh, Shane Barrett, Diarmuid Healy; Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes, William Buckley.<\/p>\n

Subs: Paudie O’Sullivan, Ger Millerick, Eoin Roche, Cormac O’Brien, Miche\u00e1l Mullins, Hugh O’Connor, Seamus Harnedy, P\u00e1draig Power, Shane Kingston, Alan Walsh, Declan Dalton.<\/p>\n

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\nEoghan O’Donnell is back in the Dublin XV<\/p>\n

Eoghan O’Donnell’s return to the starting team marks the only change for Dublin, as Niall \u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in has again opted to keep his twin towers in reserve for their seismic home clash against Kilkenny on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Ronan Hayes and John Hetherton made a decisive contribution after being introduced in the second half in Salthill, as Dublin secured a four-point victory away to Galway, in large part thanks to Hayes’ last minute goal.<\/p>\n

The result was the second successive time that Dublin had beaten Galway in the championship in Salthill – they remain the only county to win away in Pearse Stadium in Leinster – and guaranteed their place in the All-Ireland series.<\/p>\n

\u00d3 Ceallach\u00e1in has determined that Hayes and Hetherton are again better deployed on the bench from the start as they seek to ensure a spot in the Leinster final against the vulnerable Cats.<\/p>\n

The sole change is O’Donnell, who arrives into the full-back line, with Conor McHugh making way.<\/p>\n

Dublin: Eddie Gibbons; Paddy Doyle, Paddy Smyth, Eoghan O’Donnell; Chris Crummey, Liam Rushe, Conor Burke; Conor Groarke, Brian Hayes; Fergal Whitely, Donal Burke, Conor Donohoe; David Purcell, Cian O\u2019Sullivan, Conal \u00d3 Riain.<\/p>\n

Subs: Se\u00e1n Brennan, David Lucey, Ronan Hayes, Ollie Gaffney, Conor McHugh, John Bellew, Diarmuid \u00d3 D\u00falaing, Paddy Dunleavy, Dara Purcell, Darragh Power, John Hetherton,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kerry will be without their All-Ireland winning captain Gavin White but Joe O’Connor and Brian \u00d3 Beagla\u00edoch have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-461109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461109","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=461109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}