The Roscommon Senior Football Team to face Kerry in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Semi-Final has been announced and it shows four changes from the side that narrowly lost to Dublin in the last Round.
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Geoffrey Claffey retakes the number one Jersey. Sean McDermott, Neil Collins and Niall McInerney form the Full Back Line. There is one change in the Half-Back Line with Sean Mullooly, who impressed against Dublin, making his first start. He will line up at left half back with Sean Purcell at Centre half back and David Murray on the other wing. The newly formed midfield of Niall Daly and Cathal Shine get another opportunity to gel.
The Half-Forward line of Fintan Cregg, Captain Ciarain Murtagh and the returning Conor Devaney have scored 4-60 between them so far. In the Full-Forward line Diarmuid Murtagh makes his first start of the campaign in place of Donie Shine, who is gradually returning to fitness, along side Senan Kilbride and Cathal Cregg.
The Roscommon substitutes bench for Sunday features a number of players who were involved against Dublin last weekend including Darren O’ Malley, David Keenan, Donie Shine and Niall Kilroy who started, Brian Murtagh James McDermott, John McManus and Thomas Corcoran who were introduced as subs, with Gary Patterson, Ronan Daly and Ronan Stack claiming the remaining spots.
Irish Rail announced an addition Train service from Boyle for the game, full details here
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