Offaly football team named for pivotal clash with Kildare

The Offaly team has been named this evening's pivotal Division 2 Football League clash with Kildare in Newbridge. 

Joint managers Mickey Harte and Declan Kelly have named their team for the game that throws in at 6pm.

It is a pivotal game for Offaly who lost their opening game to Louth in Tullamore last weekend. 

Kildare come into the game off the back of a creditable draw away to Tyrone.

The Offaly team in full is: Sean O'Toole (Shamrocks); Shane O'Toole-Greene (Shamrocks), David Dempsey (Ballycommon), Lee Pearson (Edenderry); Cormac Egan (Tullamore), Jordan Hayes (Edenderry), Diarmuid Egan (Tullamore); Jack McEvoy (Clonbullogue), Aaron Leavy (Tullamore); Ciaran Murphy (Skerries Harps), Keith O'Neill (Clonbullogue), Rory Egan (Edenderry); Darragh Flynn (Ferbane), Jack Bryant (Shamrocks), Eoin Sawyer (Castleknock). Subs – Conor Melia (Bracknaggh), Sean Conway (Ballycommon), Eoin Dunne (Clodiagh Gaels), Marcas Dalton (Clara), Robbie Gallagher (Ballinagar), Harry Goulding (Edenderry), Daire McDaid (Tullamore), Dan Molloy (St Brigid's), Harry Plunkett (Tullamore), Nathan Poland (Erin Rovers), Cathal Ryan (Daingean).