Lee Pearson has been appointed Offaly football captain for 2024.

The Edenderry clubman won an All-Ireland U20FC medal under new senior boss Declan Kelly in 2021 and succeeds fellow defender Declan Hogan in the role. Pearson is named in the full back line alongside debutant Diarmuid Finneran for this evening’s O’Byrne Cup opener against Laois in Stradbally, with the winner having a home game against All-Ireland champions Dublin to look forward to on Saturday.

Offaly (SF v Laois): Ian Duffy (Walsh Island); David Dempsey (Ballycommon), Diarmuid Finneran (Ballinagar), Lee Pearson (Edenderry); Rory Egan (Edenderry), John Furlong (Tullamore), Jack O'Brien (Durrow); Jordan Hayes (Edenderry), Morgan Tynan (Ballinagar); Eoin Carroll (Cappincur), Cathal Flynn (Ferbane), Dylan Hyland (Raheen); Cormac Egan (Tullamore), Jack Bryant (Shamrocks), Anton Sullivan (Rhode).

Subs: Mikey Cunningham (Bracknagh), Daire McDaid (Tullamore), Jordan Quinn (Kilcormac-Killoughey), Cathal Donoghue (Oughterard), Jack McEvoy (Clonbullogue), Declan Hogan (Tullamore), Nigel Dunne (Shamrocks), Nathan Poland (Erin Rovers), Kevin McDermott (Durrow), Dan Wyer (Durrow), Ruari McNamee (Rhode).

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