Five changes on Tipperary ladies football team to play Kerry in Munster championship
Lauren Fitzpatrick returns in goal for trip to Killarney
Tipperary's ladies footballers finished their Lidl National League Division 2 campaign with defeat to Donegal last month and manager Peter Creedon has made five changes to the starting line-up that played against the Ulster county for today's TG4 Munster Senior Championship first round game against Kerry at Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney (1.45pm).
Lauren Fitzpatrick, named on the Lidl National Football League Division 2 Team of the Year, returns in place of Ciara Dwan in goal while there are starts for Elaine Kelly, Lucy Spillane, Emma Morrissey and Emer McCarthy.
Nora Martin is nursing a shoulder injury while Katelyn Downey and Heather Spillane, who also lined out against Donegal, are named on the bench.
Tipperary: L Fitzpatrick; E Kelly, L Spillane, E Cronin; C O’Dwyer, M Curley (captain), S English; L Morrissey, AR Kennedy; E Morrissey, A McGuigan, A Moloney; N Towey, M Creedon, E McCarthy.