Cavan make three changes for trip to Mayo

CAVAN have announced three changes from their previous starting line-up for their All-Ireland Round Robin opener against Mayo in Castlebar this Saturday.

The Breffni County exited the Ulster Championship at the quarter-final stage last month with an extra-time defeat to Tyrone.

There are three changes from the team that lined out that day. Full-forward Paddy Lynch will be out for the foreseeable having sustained an ACl injury and he is replaced by Cormac O’Reilly. Elsewhere, James Smith comes in for Luke Fortune while Caoimhin O’Reilly replaces Cian Madden.

The full line-up is as follows:

1 Gary O’Rourke

2 Cian Reilly

3 Killian Brady

4 Brian O’Connell

5 Padraig Faulkner

6 Niall Carolan

7 Conor Brady

8 James Smith

9 Oisin Kiernan

10 Ciarán Brady

11 Gerard Smith

12 Oisin Kiernan

13 Oisin Brady

14 Cormac O’Reilly

15 Caoimhin O’Reilly

Subs: Liam Brady, Mark Magee, Luke Fortune, Paddy Meade, Killian Clarke, Ryan Brady, Conor Rehill, Jason McLoughlin, Tiarnan Madden, Cian Madden, Darragh Lovett

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