Mullane loses his fight for fitness

LIMERICK full-back Conor Mullane has lost his fight for fitness ahead of Sunday’s Munster senior football championship semi-final against Waterford.


The St. Senan’s man suffered a hamstring strain in training last week and last night failed a fitness test.
The absence of Conor Mullane is one of four changes from the Limerick team which won the National Football League Division Four title in Croke Park last April.
Three of the changes come in defence, with Stephen Lavin and Stephen Lucey returning from injury to take their regular places in the half-back line.
Another returning from injury is Johnny McCarthy and he takes Conor Mullane’s place at full-back.
In attack, Newcastle West’s Stephen Kelly comes into the team in place of John Mullane, with Cormac Joyce-Power also losing out.
Padraig Browne was centre-back in the NFL final and the Fr. Casey’s man has been switche to wing-forward.
Goalkeeper Brian Scanlon will make his championship debut in Dungarvan in a game which starts at 2pm.
Limerick team versus Waterford: Brian Scanlon; Mark O’Riordan, Johnny McCarthy, Andrew Lane; Stephen Lavin, Stephen Lucey, Pa Ranahan; Jim O’Donovan, John Galvin; Padraig Browne, James Ryan, Seanie Buckley; Ger Collins, Ian Ryan, Stephen Kelly.

JEROME O’CONNELL