As expected, Ross King goes straight back into the Laois starting XV for tomorrow evening's Joe McDonagh Cup opener against Offaly in Tullamore.
Last year's captain, who missed the Allianz League campaign after the fallout which followed the nasty facial injury he sustained in last year's controversial Laois SHC final, is named at top of the left in a team that shows five changes from that which lost the Allianz League quarter-final to Limerick two months ago.
John Lennon, Cha Dwyer, Willie Dunphy, Eanna Lyons and King replace Sean Downey, Aaron Dunphy (injured), Mark Dowling, Neil Foyle and Stephen Bergin.
Laois (SH v Offaly): E Rowland; J Phelan, M Whelan, D Hartnett; L Cleere, R Mullaney, P Delaney; J Kelly, J Lennon; C Dwyer, W Dunphy, P Purcell; M Kavanagh, E Lyons, R King
Tweet