Shields full-back as Cork unchanged

MICHAEL SHIELDS continues at full-back, with Ray Carey and Anthony Lynch holding down the corner-back positions as Cork announce the same starting side that defeated Armagh in their final group qualifying game for Sunday’s Allianz NFL Division Two final against Monaghan at Croke Park.

However, manager Conor Counihan and his selectors have made a number of positional switches. Noel O’Leary is st right half back with Graham Canty moving to centre-back and Ger Spillane now occupying the left half back berth.

Alan O’Connor and Nicholas Murphy continue their midfield partnership and the half forward line of Paul O’Flynn, Patrick Kelly and Paul Kerrigan remains in-tact. But up front James Masters is shifted to right corner forward, with Donnacha O’Connor at full-forward and Daniel Goulding lining out at top of the left. In the Armagh game Goulding started in the right corner, with Masters at full-forward and O’Connor on the left.