Griffin ruled out for Dublin

GAA – Team news: Pat Gilroy today named his Dublin side to take on Cork in tomorrow night’s Allianz NFL Division One game against…

GAA – Team news: Pat Gilroy today named his Dublin side to take on Cork in tomorrow night's Allianz NFL Division One game against Cork at Páirc Uí Rinn, and as expected Paul Griffin has been ruled out.

Gilroy is likely to lose the services of Griffin for the rest of the season after the captain sustained a tear in his cruciate ligament during last week’s win over Monaghan when featuring as a second-half substitute.

In all, the manager has made three changes with none of the under-21 panel considered after their Leinster semi-final extra-time victory over Carlow. It therefore rules out Rory O’Carroll and James McCarthy, who both started against Monaghan.

The St Vincent’s duo Paul Conlon and Hugh Gill come into the side while Michael Savage takes over from Stephen Cluxton in goal.

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Dublin: M Savage; P Conlon, M Fitzsimons, P MacMahon; H Gill, C O'Sullivan, G Brennan; E Fennell, R McConnell; A Hubbard, M MacAuley, P Flynn; D Henry, B Brogan, K McManamon.

Substitutes: To be confirmed

Cork: P O'Shea; R Carey, M Shields, E Cotter; N O'Leary, G Spillane, E Cadogan; A O'Connor, P O'Neill; F Goold, N Murphy, P Kelly; D Goulding, P Kerrigan, J Hayes.