skip to main content

Tribeswomen make two changes

Galway's Maria O'Connell returns to the side for Sunday's final
Galway's Maria O'Connell returns to the side for Sunday's final

Galway have made two personnel changes for Sunday's All-Ireland Ladies football final - the Tribeswomen's first senior decider in 29 years.

There are also a wave of positional switches for PJ Fahy's side, who claimed their first Connacht title this season.

Dunmore's Geraldine Conneally, who scored 1-0 in Galway's 3-10 to 3-9 semi-final win over champions Mayo, starts at right full forward in place of Gillian Joyce, in a re-jigged attack.

Fiona Wynne also loses out to Marie O'Connell, with the St Mary's defender fit again following her facial injury, which required 20 stitches, sustained in the drawn semi-final clash against Mayo in Portlaoise.

Salthill's Anne-Marie McDonagh, who replaced O'Connell at Dr Hyde Park ten days ago, takes her position at left-corner back.

23-year-old trainee Garda Annette Clarke skippers the side in search of the county's first ever Brendan Martin Cup. "All the games from the quarter-finals on are tight and Sunday will be no different," said Clarke. "We have not been to Croke Park since 2002 and while we will enjoy the occasion - we are there to win."

Galway (v Dublin): U Carroll; M O'Connell, R Stephens, AM McDonagh; A Daly, A Gilmore, E Flaherty; A Clarke (Capt), P Gleeson; L Cohill, N Fahey, N Duggan; G Conneally, L Joyce, E Concannon.

Filed by Johnny Proby

Read Next