Timmy McCarthy was not considered due to injury and Pat Horgan, who came on to replace him during the game against Galway, holds his place.
There are a number of positional switches as a result. Ben O’Connor comes out to right half forward, with Cathal Naughton crossing from left to right corner forward and Horgan coming in for his first championship start at top of the left.
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