Kildare ladies captain returns from suspension to start league meeting with Clare this weekend

Kildare captain Erica Burke will make her return from suspension this weekend when the Lilywhites take on Clare in the penultimate league game in Division 2.

Relegation has already been confirmed for Morgan O'Callaghan's side thanks to five defeats on the spin, and their struggle to cope with the loss of the raft of senior players who retired over the winter has been the main reason for their problems this spring.

Burke takes the place of Joanne Mulligan in the side for Sunday's game in Hawkfield, meaning that Róisín Byrne is pushed up to the forward line alongside Grace Clifford and Molly Price.

Division 2 is extremely tight on the whole, with five teams sitting on nine points and two counties - including Clare - on seven points, meaning that any one of seven teams could go up to Division 1. Kildare sit bottom without a point and with relegation already confirmed ahead of their final games against Clare and Westmeath.

Kildare team to play Clare:

1 Aoife Molyneaux- Kilcullen 2 Rachael Corrigan- Naas 3 Rose Mernagh- Eadestown 4 Louise Scully- Ellistown 5 Shauna Kendrick- Sarsfields 6 Aisling Curley- Moorefield 7 Michelle Curley- Moorefield 8 Erica Burke- Balyna 9 Rachel Reidy- Na Fianna 10 Grace Clifford- Eadestown 11 Molly Price- Sarsfields 12 Róisín Byrne- Sarsfields 13 Trina Duggan- Suncroft 14 Ellen Dowling- Suncroft 15 Orlaith Kirwan- Maynooth 16 Aoife Wosser- Cappagh 17 Aine Mulligan- Cappagh 18 Aoife Mulligan- Cappagh 19 Joanne Mulligan- Cappagh 20 Shannon Doheny- Naas 21 Mikaela McKenna- Na Fianna 22 Eadaoin Connolly- Rathangan 23 Niamh Sinnott- Monasterevan 24 Chloe Foy- Suncroft 25 Mary Hulgraine- Leixlip