13 changes for Laois as team named ahead of Division 2 Hurling League final against Kerry

Laois senior hurling manager Tommy Fitzgerald has named his starting 15 and substitutes for Saturday's Division 2 Allianz Hurling League final against Kerry.

There are a raft of changes from Laois' last game against London in Ruislip, which was a dead rubber for both teams. Fitzgerald made 13 changes for that game, and he has made the same number again this week.

Aaron Dunphy and Fiachra C Fennell are the only players who started against London and have been retained in the starting lineup for the Kerry clash.

At this stage, Fitzgerald has given every player on his panel a run-out in the league, an impressive achievement considering the panel includes 36 players.

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LAOIS: Cathal Dunne (Clough/Ballacolla); Ian Shanahan (Ballinakill), Lee Cleere (Clough/Ballacolla), Cody Comerford (The Harps); Ciaran McEvoy (Portlaoise), Podge Delaney (The Harps), Fiachra C Fennell (Rosenallis); David Dooley (Rosenallis), Aidan Corby (Clough/Ballacolla); James Keyes (Colt-Shanahoe), Jack Kelly (Rathdowney-Errill), Ryan Mullaney (Castletown); Cillian Dunne (Clough/Ballacolla), Aaron Dunphy (Borris-Kilcotton), Tomas Keyes (Camross).

Subs: Eoin Reilly (Abbeyleix), Padraic Dunne (The Harps), Jordan Walshe (Clough/Ballacolla), Diarmaid Conway (Clough/Ballacolla), David O'Brien (Clonad), Fionan Mahony (Abbeyleix), Gearoid Lynch (Ballinakill), Martin Phelan (Castletown), Colin Byrne (Abbeyleix), Ben Conroy (Slieve Bloom), Cormac Byrne (Abbeyleix).

Laois v Kerry throws-in at 2pm on Saturday, March 28, in Laois Hire O'Moore Park, Portlaoise. You can follow all the live updates on the Leinster Express/ Laois Live from 1.50pm.