All-Star duo back as Dubs face in-form Armagh side

ALL-STARS Sinéad

Goldrick and Siobhán McGrath are back in the Dublin team for today’s TG4 All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Armagh at Kingspan

Breffni Park (4.30, Live on TG4).

Goldrick (above) and 2019 Senior Players’ Player of the Year McGrath sat out the recent victory over Waterford which booked four-in-arow chasing Dublin’s spot in the last four – but they both return to fill twothirds of the half-back line.

Orlagh Nolan and Caoimhe O’Connor were handed starts in defence and attack respectively for the Waterford win – and they drop to the bench as Dublin aim to make it through to a seventh successive Brendan Martin Cup decider.

Opponents Armagh – aiming for a first All-Ireland SFC final appearance since 2006 – are unchanged from the team that defeated Mayo at Parnell Park to book a spot in this semi-final.

This is Armagh’s first taste of a SFC semi-final since 2015 – when they lost out to Dublin by 11 points at Parnell Park.

For Armagh, in-form Aimee Mackin (who scored 2-7 against Mayo), Caroline O’Hanlon, Sarah Marley and captain Kelly Mallon are the four players who started in 2015 and are listed to line out again today.

The winners will face Cork or Galway at Croke Park on December 20, with the second semi-final down for decision on Sunday, December 6, at the LIT Gaelic Grounds (1.30, Live on TG4).

ARMAGH – A Carr; S Marley, C McCambridge, S Grey; T Grimes, B Mackin, G Ferguson; N Coleman, A Bellew; C Marley, A McCoy, A Mackin; C O’Hanlon, K Mallon, E Lavery.

DUBLIN – C Trant; M Byrne, N Collins, L Caffrey; A Kane, S McGrath, S Goldrick; L Magee, J Dunne; C Rowe, L Davey, S McCaffrey; S Aherne, N McEvoy, N Healy.