Stokes blow for Limerick

LIMERICK football manager Liam Kearns was dealt a blow at training last evening when midfielder Jason Stokes failed a fitness test in advance of Saturday’s All-Ireland football qualifier against Carlow at Dr. Cullen Park.

Football board PRO John Ryan said Stokes, who had been out with a leg injury for nine months, suffered a recurrence after their Munster semi final defeat by Kerry.

In the only change in personnel from the Kerry setback, Michael Reidy comes in at full-forward, allowing John Galvin to return to midfield. Dual players Conor Fitzgerald and Stephen Lucey are in.