Two newcomers to senior Championship hurling are included on the Offaly team to meet laois in Portlaoise at 4.00pm on Sunday.
Teenager Joe Bergin from the Seir Kieran club has been named at full-forward while Declan Tanner from St Rynagh's will line out at left half-back.
The side shows three changes compared with the side that lost to Tipperary in the NHL quarter-final.
Barry Teehan, Ger Oakley and Aidan Hanrahan come in at the expense of Brendan O'Meara, Dylan Hayden and Alan Egan.
OFFALY (v Laois): B Mullins; B Teehan, P Cleary, D Franks; K Brady, R Hanniffy, D Tanner; G Hanniffy, G Oakley; B Murphy, M O'Hara, M Cordial; B Carroll, J Bergin, A Hanrahan.
