Tommy Fitzgerald names Laois senior hurling team ahead of Joe McDonagh Cup opener in Portlaoise

Laois senior hurling manager Tommy Fitzgerald has named his starting 15 and substitutes ahead of Saturday's Joe McDonagh Cup opener against Westmeath.

Slieve-Bloom’s Ben Conroy makes his inter-county return, but Borris-Kilcotton’s Aaron Dunphy misses out through injury.

LAOIS: Cathal Dunne (Clough-Ballacolla); Diarmaid Conway (Clough-Ballacolla), Lee Cleere (Clough-Ballacolla), Cody Comerford (The Harps); Tom Cuddy (Camross), Podge Delaney (The Harps), Jordan Walshe (Clough-Ballacolla); Fiachra C Fennell (Rosenallis), Paddy Purcell (Rathdowney-Errill); Aidan Corby (Clough-Ballacolla), Cha Dywer (Ballinakill), David Dooley (Rosenallis); Tomas Keyes (Camross), Jer Quinlan (Borris-Kilcotton), Ben Conroy (Slieve Bloom).

Subs: Eoin Fleming (Borris-Kilcotton), Donnchadh Hartnett (Rosenallis), Padraic Dunne (The Harps), Ryan Mullaney (Castletown), John Lennon (Rosenallis), James Keyes (Colt-Shanahoe), Martin Phelan (Castletown), Eanna Lyons (Ballyfin), Mark Dowling (Camross), PJ Scully (Borris-Kilcotton), James Duggan (The Harps)

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Laois will take on Westmeath on Saturday, April 19 in Laois Hire O'Moore Park from 3pm. The Leinster Express/ Laois Live will be providing a live blog from the game. Tickets for the game can be purchased in the following stores; SuperValu Stradbally, Breslin’s SuperValu Rathdowney, McConville’s SuperValu Mountmellick, McLoughlin’s SuperValu Portarlington, Mulhall’s SuperValu Portlaoise, SuperValu Abbeyleix and SuperValu Parkside Portlaoise, as well as online here.