Team news: O'Connor and Dalton handed first starts

November 06, 2020

Cork's Declan Dalton. ©INPHO/Brian Reilly-Troy.

Jack O’Connor and Declan Dalton will make their first championship starts for Cork in tomorrow's must win All-Ireland SHC Qualifier match with Dublin at Semple Stadium (throw-in 3.45pm).

The pair join captain Patrick Horgan in the full forward line as part of five changes elected by manager Kieran Kingston in the wake of the Munster semi-final defeat to Waterford.

Colm Spillane, Luke Meade and Robbie O’Flynn also get the nod after injury and suspension as Christopher Joyce, Sean O’Leary Hayes, Daire Connery and Conor Lehane drop to the substitutes' bench. 

Meanwhile, Alan Cadogan loses out completely.

Cork (All-Ireland SHC v Dublin): Anthony Nash; Damien Cahalane, Colm Spillane, Sean O’Donoghue; Tim O’Mahony, Robert Downey, Mark Coleman; Bill Cooper, Luke Meade; Seamus Harnedy, Shane Kingston, Robbie O’Flynn; Jack O’Connor, Declan Dalton, Patrick Horgan.

Subs: Patrick Collins, Sean O’Leary Hayes, Niall O’Leary, Christopher Joyce, Billy Hennessy, Daire Connery, Stephen McDonnell, Aidan Walsh, Conor Cahalane, Conor Lehane, Shane Barrett.

You can follow the latest scores and updates from the football and hurling championships this weekend on the hoganstand.com match tracker.


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