Willie Maher names Laois hurling team for Joe McDonagh final against Offaly

The Laois team has been revealed for this weekend's local derby clash with Offaly in the Joe McDonagh Cup final which will be played in Croke Park.

There's a big reward for the winners on the day with them set to get a place in next year's Leinster Hurling Championship. Both sides will also advance to the preliminary quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Championship with the winners set to face Cork while the losers will play Wexford. Both of those games will be in Portlaoise and Tullamore.

Laois' team in full is as follows:

Enda Rowland (Abbeyleix St Lazarian's); Ian Shanahan (Ballinakill), Ryan Mullaney (Castletown), Diarmuid Conway (Clough-Ballacolla); Liam O'Connell (Rathdowney-Errill), Padraig Delaney (The Harps), Tom Cuddy (Camross); Aidan Corby (Clough-Ballacolla), Paddy Purcell (Rathdowney-Errill); Fiachra C Fennell (Rosenallis), Aaron Dunphy (Borris-Kilcotton), David Dooley (Rosenallis); James Duggan (The Harps), Jer Quinlan (Borris-Kilcotton), Tomas Keyes (Camross). Subs: Cathal Dunne (Clough-Ballacolla), Donnchadh Hartnett (Rosenallis), Padraic Dunne (The Harps), Lee Cleere (Clough-Ballacolla), John Lennon (Rosenallis), Gearoid Lynch (Ballinakill), Ross King (Rathdowney-Errill), Willie Dunphy (Clough-Ballacolla), Picky Maher (Clough-Ballacolla), Martin Phelan (Castletown), Eric Killeen (Rathdowney-Errill)

The game throws-in at 3.30pm.