New midfield pairing for Wexford
Wednesday, 1 February 2006 11:01The Wexford Senior football team to play Laois in round one of the Allianz League in Portlaoise on Sunday at 2.30pm shows five changes from their last competitive outing - the O'Byrne Cup quarter-final loss to Dublin.
The experienced John Cooper replaces Anthony Masterson in goal, while there is a new midfield pairing of Brendan Doyle and Diarmuid Kinsella.
Doyle missed the Dublin game as he was in the USA at a wedding, while Kinsella was suspended. They come in for Paddy Colfer and David Shannon respectively.
Redmond Barry, who came on in that game, is retained at left half-forward instead of Garry O'Grady, while PJ Banville is replaced in the right corner by John Hegarty who recently returned from his honeymoon.
WEXFORD (NFL v Laois): John Cooper; Colm Morris, Philip Wallace, Niall Murphy; Páraic Curtis, Leigh O'Brien (captain), David Murphy; Brendan Doyle, Diarmuid Kinsella; Ciarán Deely, David Fogarty, Redmond Barry; John Hegarty, John Hudson, Matty Forde.
