St Mary’s clubman Blaine Kelly will make his first competitive start for Dublin against Donegal in Ballyshannon on Sunday, in a side that shows three personnel changes from the one that lost to Galway on February 15th.
Kelly will join Dermot Connelly and Kevin Bonner in the full forward line, while Jason Sherlock and Tiernan Diamond drop to the bench for the national football leagued division one clash, with James Brogan switching from the forward line to right half back.
Ross McConnell returns to the midfield alongside Ciaran Whelan instead of Paul Flynn, who has yet to recover from ankle ligament damage.
Former captain Collie Moran has undergone a hip operation and will be out for eight weeks minimum but Tomás Quinn and Alan Brogan are back training, with the latter an option from the reserves this weekend.
Laois manager Seán Dempsey has made five enforced changes for Saturday’s match against Meath.
Red cards in the win over Armagh mean captain Brian McCormack and vice-captain Brendan Quigley miss out, while Mark Timmons (wrist), Ger Reddin and Noel Garvan (hamstring) are all injured.
Billy Sheehan, Cathal Ryan, Darren Rooney, Kevin Meaney and MJ Tierney come back into the starting line-up.
Laois (SF v Meath):
M Nolan; P Begley, C Ryan, R Stapleton; P O’Leary, D Rooney, P McMahon; P Clancy, K Meaney; P McNulty, B Sheehan, MJ Tierney; D Brennan, R Munnelly, C Bergin.
Dublin (SF v Donegal):
S Cluxton; P Andrews, D Bastick, A Hubbard; J Brogan, G Brennan, B Cahill; C Whelan, R McConnell; D Connolly, C Keaney, D Henry; B Kelly, K Bonner, B Brogan.