Kelly misses out for Tipp

July 18, 2007

Eoin Kelly
Eoin Kelly's groin injury means that he is only named amongst the substitutes in the Tipperary to face Wexford in Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final (now postponed). There are two changes to the team which started the qualifier win over Cork with John Carroll and Darragh Egan coming back in to the forward line at the expense of Francis Devanney and Micheál Webster. Paul Curran (broken jaw) and Diarmaid Fitzgerald (groin) are ruled out due to injury while Eoin Kelly (groin) is listed among the substitutes. Tipperary (SHC v Wexford) - Gerry Kennedy (Killenaule); Eamonn Buckley (Drom & Inch), Declan Fanning (Killenaule), Alan Byrne (Shannon Rovers); Eamon Corcoran (JK Brackens), Conor O'Mahony (Newport), Shane Maher (Burgess); Hugh Maloney (Nenagh Eire Og), Seamus Butler (Drom & Inch); John Carroll (Roscrea), Benny Dunne (Toomevara - Captain), Darragh Hickey (Boherlahan-Dualla); Lar Corbett (Thurles Sarsfields), Darragh Egan (Kildangan), Willie Ryan (Toomevara) Subs: Brendan Cummins (Ballybacon-Grange), Pa Bourke (Thurles Sarsfields), Liam Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields), Francis Devanney (Toomevara), Eoin Kelly (Mullinahone), Paul Kelly (Mullinahone), Stephen Lillis (Thurles Sarsfields), Shane McGrath (Ballinahinch), Conor O'Brien (Éire Óg Annacarty), Ryan O'Dwyer (Cashel King Cormacs), Thomas Stapleton (Templederry Kenyons), Micheal Webster (Loughmore-Castleiney), James Woodlock (Drom & Inch) ***The game has now been postponed as a mark of respect to the late Vanessa McGarry, wife of Kilkenny player James McGarry, who was killed in a road accident on Thursday and will be buried on Sunday. The tie is refixed for Saturday 28 July.

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