The Laois senior hurling team to face Mayo in Round 1 of the National Hurling League has been named.
Tommy Fitzgerald has named a team which shows six changes from the side that started the Joe McDonagh Cup season ending defeat to Kildare last summer.
Jordan Walshe, Diarmaid Conway and Ben Conroy and ruled out of the team through injury.
Mark Dowling is named among the subs while Paddy Purcell and Jer Quinlan are not with the panel.
Into the defence in place of Walshe and Conway come Ballinakill’s Ian Shanahan, who opted out last year, and Castletown’s Ryan Mullaney.
Camross’ Eoin Gaughan is named at midfield while the returning Jack Kelly is selected at centre forward.
Borris-Kilcotton’s Aaron Dunphy is the fifth change while the final one is the only debut – Clough-Ballacolla’s Cillian Dunne.
On the bench, Joseph Pearson, Eoghan Murphy, Fionan Mahony, Eoghan Cuddy and Jack Breen will also be hoping to make their first appearance for Laois.
This game was originally scheduled for McHale Park in Castlebar but has been switched.
The game will now take place in Adrian Freeman Park, Tooreen, on Sunday with throw in at 1pm.
LAOIS: Cathal Dunne (Clough-Ballacolla); Ian Shanahan (Ballinakill), Lee Cleere (Clough-Ballacolla), Cody Comerford (The Harps); Fiachra C-Fennell (Rosenallis), Podge Delaney (The Harps), Ryan Mullaney (Castletown); Aidan Corby (Clough-Ballacolla), Eoin Gaughan (Camross); David Dooley (Rosenallis), Jack Kelly (Rathdowney-Errill), Aaron Dunphy (Borris-Kilcotton); Cillian Dunne (Clough-Ballacolla), James Keyes (Colt-Shanahoe), Tomas Keyes (Camross)
SUBS: Eoin Reilly (Abbeyleix), Ciaran McEvoy (Portlaoise), Joseph Pearson (Clough-Ballacolla), Eoghan Murphy (The Harps), Fionan Mahony (Abbeyleix), Martin Phelan (Castletown), Eoghan Cuddy (Camross), Cormac Byrne (Abbeyleix), Jack Breen (Castletown), Colin Byrne (Abbeyleix), Mark Dowling (Camross)
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