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Maughan Shuffles Pack For Latest Instalment Of Kildare Rivalry

Saturday, 3 July 2021 11:34

Offaly are known for making a few late switches.

John Maughan last night announced a team for Sunday's Leinster quarter-final with Kildare. 

The wily veteran of the touchline has included two changes from the fifteen which won an epic extra-time thriller with Louth last Sunday, but he's made plenty of 'game time' changes this season. 

Hero of seven days ago Niall McNamee drops to the bench along with Johnny Maloney, with Cathal Mangan coming into midfield and Bernard Allen reverting to his starting corner forward role.

There's a lot more minutes in the faithful legs owing to that extra twenty minutes against Mickey Harte's side and the Allianz League Final against Derry and Kildare will be licking their lips at the prospect of running Offaly off the pitch. 

The last meeting of the sides in November 2020 finished with a four point win for the Lilywhites but this group have been whittling away at the deficit in recent seasons so it would be no surprise to see them do so once again. 

It's a mammoth task but one which everyone in the camp is clearly relishing. 

Offaly starting XV: 

Paddy Dunican; James Lalor, Eoin Rigney, Niall Darby; Colm Doyle, Carl Stewart, David Dempsey; Cathal Mangan, Jordan Hayes; Shane Horan, Peter Cunningham, Anton Sullivan; Bernard Allen, Cian Farrell, Ruari McNamee.

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