Team news: NUIG look to Galway and Clare stars

January 09, 2015

DCU's Pat O'Carroll with Niall O'Brien and David Reidy of NUIG during the Fitzgibbon Cup opening round game. INPHO

The NUIG team to face Carlow in the opening round of the Walsh Cup on Sunday includes eight Galway players and five from Clare.

Niall Burke captains the John Paul O'Connell-managed side from centre forward with Cathal Mannion (Galway), Bobby Duggan (Clare) and Niall O'Brien (Westmeath) among the other established inter-county stars set to feature.

NUIG (Walsh Cup v Carlow): C Fahy (Galway); R Lane (do), J Hanbury (do), O Donnellan (Clare); C Diviney (Galway), C Cleary (Clare), S Hynes (Galway); N O'Brien (Westmeath), S Ward (Clare); N Deasy (Clare), N Burke (Galway), B Duggan (Clare); C Mannion (Galway), G Hennelly (do), S Dooley (Tipperary).


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