Edenderry’s Richie Dalton will make his championship debut for Offaly this Sunday against Kildare. He has been selected at centre half back, along with a number of other championship debutants.
There were a number of surprises in Tom Cribbin, Dermot Dunne and Vinny Claffey’s selection, with the omission of Ciaran McManus and Alan McNamee raising a few eyebrows.
Offaly Team v Kildare:
1. Alan Mulhall
2. Stephen Lonergan
3. Conor Evans
4. Brian Darby
5. Matthew Mitchell
6. RICHIE DALTON
7. Karol Slattery
8. Niall Smith
9. Conor Carroll
10. Sean Ryan
11. Niall McNamee
12. Ken Casey
13. Thomas Deehan
14. John Reynolds
15. William Mulhall