Lidl Ladies NFL Rd 1

Dublin v Kerry

Sunday Jan 31st Parnell Park, 2pm

 

Dublin began their 2016 NFL campaign with a tough home fixture versus reigning Munster champions Kerry who similar to Dublin will have high aspirations for the LIDL Ladies NFL.

 

Dubs boss Gregory McGonigle has named a strong starting 15 for this opening round fixture which includes 9 players who started the All Ireland final versus Cork last September. Remarkably Dublin have never won the division 1 NFL title with McGonigle stating that winning the 2016 league is one of Dublin's goals for this year.

 

The starting 15 features 7 U21 All Ireland winners and 5 All Stars.

 

Lauren Magee Daughter of former Dublin GAA star Johnny Magee makes her senior debut at midfield alongside Noelle Healy with U21 All Ireland winners Leah Caffrey and Siobhan Woods also named in the starting 15. 

 

Sinead Aherne returns to bolster the Dublin forward line following her time away overseas while Foxrock Cabinteely's Amy Ring also makes a welcome return to the Dublin set up following a superb season for her club in 2015.

 

Home side Dublin will be looking to overturn last season's 3-11 to 2-08 defeat to Kerry when Sarah Houilhan, Patrice Dennehy and Louise Galvin were all on target for the Kingdom.

 

Similar to their male counterparts Dublin versus Kerry encounters always have an added spice and Sunday's clash will be no different.

 

Colm McManus from Meath will get proceedings underway in Parnell Park at 2pm.

 

Ciara Trant (St Brigid's), Olwen Carey (Thomas Davis), Muireann Ni Scanaill (St Margaret's), Fiona Hudson (Fingallians), Carla Rowe (Clann Mhuire), Sinead Finnegan (Fingallians), Leah Caffrey (Na Fianna), Lauren Magee (Kilmacud Crokes), Noelle Healy (St Brigid's), Lyndsey Davey (Skerries Harps), Siobhan Woods (Raheny), Nicole Owens (St Sylvester's), Sinead Aherne (St Sylvester's), Niamh McEvoy (St Sylvester's), Amy Ring (Foxrock Cabinteely)

 

Subs:  Emer Ni Eafa (Fingallians), Niamh Collins (Foxrock Cabinteely), Amy Connolly (Foxrock Cabinteely), Olivia Leonard (St Maurs), Martha Byrne (Cuala), Deirdre Murphy (St Brigid's), Niamh Rickard (Fingallians), Rebecca McDonnell (Clanna Na Gael Fontenoy), Sinead Goldrick (Foxrock Cabinteely), Lucy Collins (Na Fianna), Ciara Ruddy (Ballyboden St Endas), Niamh Ryan (Foxrock Cabinteely), Amy Conroy (Round Towers C),  Emma Colgan (St Margaret's), Aoife Curran (O'Dwyers), Katie Murray (Clontarf), Colleen Barrett (St Brigid's), Molly Lamb (Kilmacud Crokes), Sorcha Furlong (St Brigid's).

 

Management: Gregory McGonigle, Bobby McNulty, Kathleen Colreavy, Ray Boyne, Paul Kennedy, Ronan McGann

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