Kildare ladies side named as Lilies prepare for league opener against Offaly
New Kildare ladies manager Daniel Moynihan has named his first team for the 2018 season as the Lilywhites get their league campaign underway against Offaly in Edenderry tomorrow at 2pm.
Following their relegation from Division 2 of the league and the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, 2018 is very much a rebuilding year for the Lilies under the Galway native who was appointed as the new manager in November.
That is reflected in the team picked to play the Faithful County on Saturday, with Rebecca McGuirk, Amy Horan, Caoimhe Keoghegan and Siobhan O'Sullivan all coming into the side for their first league starts. Róisín Byrne captains the side from centre-forward, while her clubmate Molly Price joins Ellen Dowling and Emer Fogarty in a formidable looking full-forward line.
Kildare were due to start their league season last Sunday against Leitrim, but that game was conceded by the Connacht side.
Kildare XV to play Offaly
- Rebecca Mc Guirk- Suncroft
- Rachel Cribbin- Balyna
- Amy Horan- Ballymore
- Rachael Corrigan- Naas
- Louise Scully- Ellistown
- Caoimhe Keoghegan- Balyna
- Trina Duggan- Suncroft
- Siobhan O'Sullivan- Eadestown
- Aisling Curley- Moorefield
- Niamh Sinnott- Monasterevin
- Róisín Byrne (Cpt)- Sarsfields
- Grace Clifford- Eadestown
- Emer Fogarty- St. Laurence's
- Ellen Dowling- Suncroft
- Molly Price- Sarsfields