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06 Sept 2025

Laois senior hurling team named for Carlow showdown with Joe McDonagh Cup final spot on the line

Tommy Fitzgerald has revealed his starting 15 and substitutes

Laois senior hurling team named for Carlow showdown with Joe McDonagh Cup final spot on the line

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Laois senior hurling manager Tommy Fitzgerald has named his starting 15 and substitutes for Saturday’s Round 5 clash with Carlow in the Joe McDonagh Cup.

While the competition doesn’t have official semi-finals, Saturday’s fixture at Netwatch Cullen Park effectively serves as one, with a place in the final at stake. The winner will book their spot in the Joe McDonagh Cup final on Sunday, June 8, in Croke Park.

Laois need at least a draw, while Carlow must win to reach the decider in GAA HQ in two weeks' time.

LAOIS: Cathal Dunne (Clough-Ballacolla); Cody Comerford (The Harps), Lee Cleere (Clough-Ballacolla), Diarmuid Conway (Clough-Ballacolla); Tom Cuddy (Camross), Padraig Delaney (The Harps), Ryan Mullaney (Castletown); Fiachra C-Fennell (Rosenallis), David Dooley (Rosenallis); Aidan Corby (Clough-Ballacolla), Cha Dwyer (Ballinakill), Paddy Purcell (Rathdowney-Errill); James Duggan (The Harps), Tomás Keyes (Camross), Ben Conroy (Slieve Bloom).

Subs: Eoin Fleming (Borris-Kilcotton), Padraic Dunne (The Harps), Donnchadh Hartnett (Rosenallis), Jordan Walshe (Clough-Ballacolla), John Lennon (Rosenallis), James Keyes (Colt-Shanahoe), Martin Phelan (Castletown), Jer Quinlan (Borris-Kilcotton), Mark Dowling (Camross), Willie Dunphy (Clough-Ballacolla), Aaron Dunphy (Borris-Kilcotton).

Laois versus Carlow will throw-in at 2pm on Saturday, May 24. 

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