Carlow's starting XV for Sunday's Bank of Ireland Leinster Senior Football Championship opener against Longford shows wholesale changes from the one that lost the final game of their National League campaign against Donegal.
However, manager Luke Dempsey, in temporary charge of the Leinster minnows in the wake of Mick Condon's shock resignation, has selected just one championship debutant for the game in Tullamore. The newcomer is Old Leighlin's Patrick Hickey.
Carlow SF team v Longford: James Clarke, Brian Farrell, Stephen O'Brien, Cormac McCarthy, Ken Walker, John Hayden, Joe Byrne, Mark Brennan, Thomas Walsh, Patrick Hickey, Johnny Nevin, Mark Carpenter, Simon Rea, Sean Kavanagh, Brian Carbery.
Filed by James Boylan
