Team news: Injury rules Walsh out as Kingdom make three changes

August 18, 2017

Kerry's Donnchadh Walsh

Injury has ruled Donnchadh Walsh out of Kerry's All-Ireland SFC semi-final showdown with Mayo at Croke Park on Sunday.

The Cromane star misses out entirely having been left out of the 26-man match-day squad as manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice makes three changes in personnel from the quarter-final defeat of Galway.

Stephen O'Brien, who contributed two points as a second-half substitute against the Tribesmen last month, replaces Walsh at wing-forward.

The other two changes see Killian Young taking over from Fionn Fitzgerald at corner-back and Anthony Maher preferred to Jack Barry in midfield.

Kerry (All-Ireland SFC v Mayo): Brian Kelly; Shane Enright, Mark Griffin, Killian Young; Peter Crowley, Tadhg Morley, Paul Murphy; David Moran, Anthony Maher; Michael Geaney, Johnny Buckley, Stephen O'Brien; Paul Geaney, Kieran Donaghy, James O'Donoghue.

Subs: Shane Ryan, Jack Barry, Fionn Fitzgerald, Barry John Keane, Jonathan Lyne, Jack Savage, Darran O'Sullivan, Tom O'Sullivan, Sean O'Shea, Bryan Sheehan, Gavin Crowley.


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