O’Connor rings the changes for Kerry opener

ALL-IRELAND champions Kerry have named just five of the team that started in last September’s victory over Cork for tomorrow’s NFL Division 1 opener against Dublin in Killarney.

With a host of players unavailable to manager Jack O’Connor, Tommy Griffin, Killian Young, Seamus Scanlon, Paul Galvin and Declan O’Sullivan are the only survivors from the All-Ireland winning team.

Ger Reidy gets a chance to stake a claim in goal following the retirement of Diarmuid Murphy, with Adrian O’Connell (St Michael’s-Foilmore) and Maurice Corridan (Finuge) newcomers to the defence. Padraig Reidy and Aidan O’Mahony start at corner-back and centre-back respectively, with Michéal Quirke partnering Scanlon in midfield. The attacking changes see Donncha Walsh at left half-forward, and a new full-forward line of Barry John Walsh, Kieran Donaghy and Paul O’Connor.