Dublin name team for NFL opener
Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has named an experimental Dublin side to face Kerry in Sunday's Allianz National Football League clash in Killarney, throw-in 2pm.
Only five players that started Dublin's defeat to the Kingdom in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final have been given the nod by Gilroy.
They are Stephen Cluxton, David Henry, Paul Griffin, Ross McConnell, and Paul Flynn.
The Dubs are without several players with Alan Brogan, Denis Bastick and Barry Cahill still a few weeks away from fitness.
Ger Brennan, Conal Keaney, Pat Burke and Darren Magee should return to action in the next two weeks, but Tomas Quinn is still on crutches after fracturing his metatarsal and has another four to six weeks of recuperation time ahead.
Dublin team to face Kerry in National Football League Division 1 game in Killarney, throw-in 2.30pm:
Stephen Cluxton, Ross O'Carroll, Rory O'Carroll, Philly McMahon, Paul Griffin, Cian O'Sullivan, James McCarthy, Eamon Fennell, Ross McConnell, Alan Hubbard, Michael Darragh MacAuley, Paul Flynn, David Henry, Blaine Kelly, Kevin McManamon
Substitutes: Michael Savage, Paul Conlon, Conor McCormack, Paul Casey, Bryan Cullen, Denis Carrigan, Tiernan Diamond, James Brogan, Bernard Brogan, Dean Kelly, Kevin Bonner, Brendan McManamon.
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