Jimmy Lee names his Limerick senior football team to face London in the Tailteann Cup

Jimmy Lee has made one change to his Limerick senior football team that will face London in round three of the Tailteann Cup this Saturday, June 1 in Parnell Park at 1:30pm. 

Limerick senior football captain Iain Corbett returns from injury and the Newecastle West clubman starts for the first time in the Championship this year. Corbett replaces Tony McCarthy in the Limerick starting XV. 

The winner of this Saturday’s clash will be rewarded with a home preliminary quarter-final. 

Limerick and London have both registered one victory in Group four, both against Offaly. Both sides have suffered heavy defeats to Down. Limerick and London currently sit level on two points. The Exiles are currently in second place in group four with a superior scoring difference -3 to Limerick’s scoring difference of -6.

Down have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Tailteann Cup along with the three teams that finish top of the other groups. The four teams that finish second along with three best third-placed teams and New York will qualify for the preliminary quarter-finals. The teams that finish second will get a home preliminary quarter final and Limerick will need to beat London to get a home preliminary quarter-final.

LIMERICK: 1.Josh Ryan (Oola), 2.Cormac Woulfe (St Senans), 3.Séan O’Dea (Kilteely/Dromkeen), 4.Paul Maher (Adare) 5.Barry Coleman (Rathkeale), 6.Cillian Fahy(Dromcollogher/Broadford), 7.Iain Corbett (Newcastle West), 8.Tommy Childs (Galtee Gaels), 9.Tommy Griffin (Gerald Griffins), 10.Emmett Rigter (Newcastle West), 11.James Naughton (St Seanans), 12.Cathal Downes (Kildimo/Pallaskenry), 13.Brian Ahern (Dromcollogher/Broadford), 14.Robbie Childs (Galtee Gaels), 15.Peter Nash (Kildimo/Pallaskenry) 

16. Jeffrey Alfred (Adare), 17. Darren O’Doherty (Newcastle West), 18. Jim Liston (Gerald Griffins), 19. Tony McCarthy (Kildimo/Pallaskenry), 20. Ruadhan O’Connor (Newcastle West), 21. Colm McSweeney (Gerald Griffins), 22. Bryan Nix (Newcastle West) 23. Danny Neville (Ballysteen), 24. Eoin Hurley (Newcastle West), 25. Shane Costelloe (Adare), 26. Diarmuid Kelly (Newcastle West)