Louth manager Peter Fitzpatrick has made seven changes in personnel and a raft of positional switches for the final Division 3 league game against Waterford.

The Wee County have slumped to three straight defeats having opened their campaign with three wins.

The vagaries of Division 3 mean that Fitzpatrick's men could seal promotion or be relegated pending on the results in the final round of matches on Sunday afternoon.

Shane Lennon has failed to recovery from injury and is not included in the panel for the journey to Dungarvan.

The new faces this weekend are goalkeeper Neil Gallagher, defenders Padraig Rath and Eamonn McAuley and forwards Mark Brennan, Adrian Reid, Darren Clarke and JP Rooney.

It is a first appearance of the year for Clarke, who has recovered from injury.

Sean Connor, Declan Byrne, Stephen Fitzpatrick, Andy McDonnell, Derek Maguire, Paraic Smith and Colm Judge are the players to step out.

Meanwhile, there are several positional changes with Ray Finnegan restored to the half back line from half forward, Derek Crilly making the move in the opposite direction, Paddy Keenan returning to midfield from centre forward and Brian Donnelly, who started at midfield in the defeat to Cavan last weekend, stationed at full forward this time around.

Throw-in at Fraher Field is at 2.30pm on Sunday.

Louth (SF v Waterford): N Gallagher; P Rath, A Hoey, G Hoey; E McAuley, D Finnegan, R Finnegan; P Keenan, R Carroll; D Crilly, M Brennan, A Reid; D Clarke, B Donnelly, JP Rooney. Tweet

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