Conor Cahalane starts first football championship game for Cork

Former Cork hurler gets the nod ahead in place of the injury Dara Sheedy for the Tipp match

Conor Cahalane in action for Cork against Limerick in the Munster quarter-final at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Conor Cahalane replaces injured starlet Dara Sheedy for Cork’s Munster SFC semi-final against Tipperary in Thurles on Saturday.

The Castlehaven man is drafted in for Sheedy after he replaced him at half-time of the quarter-final win over Limerick last Sunday week.

Conor Corbett, Brian Hurley, Darragh Cashman and David Buckley also came off the bench in that victory and are again named among the substitutes. U20 All-Ireland winner Cathail O'Mahony returns from injury and is another forward option in reserve.

Including Sheedy, there are two changes from the side that began last month’s Division 2 final loss to Meath – Micheál Aodh Martin again starts instead of Patrick Doyle.

CORK (SFC v Tipperary): 

M.A. Martin; M. Shanley, D. O’Mahony, S. Meehan; B. O’Driscoll, T. Walsh, L. Fahy; C. O’Callaghan, I. Maguire (c); P. Walsh, S. McDonnell, C. Cahalane; M. Cronin, C. Jones, S. Sherlock. 

Subs: P. Doyle, S. Brady, R. Maguire, D. Cashman, S. Walsh, D. Buckley, R. Deane, E. McSweeney, C. Corbett, B. Hurley, C. O’Mahony.