Ger Brennan named his Dublin GAA panel for Sunday’s All-Ireland Quarter Final against Galway at Croke Park, and Eoin Kennedy comes into the XV for Nathan Doran. The match starts at 4pm, giving Dublin a clear starting point for a knockout afternoon after last weekend’s win over Donegal.
Ger Brennan and the Dublin XV
The only change to the starting team is Kennedy’s place in the side, with Doran making way. For a championship match at this stage, that is the detail that matters most: Dublin go into a one-game knockout tie with their line-up already set, rather than carrying the uncertainty that often hangs over selections.
Ger Brennan has now shown the shape of the Dublin Senior Football Panel for the game, and the move tells supporters exactly where the adjustment has been made. Eoin Kennedy is the player stepping in, while Nathan Doran is the player stepping out of the XV.
Croke Park at 4pm
The setting is fixed as well. Dublin and Galway meet at Croke Park at 4pm on Sunday, and the fixture sits inside a double header that begins with the All-Ireland Quarter Final between Louth and Monaghan at 1.45pm. That gives the day a clear order: one quarter final, then another, with Dublin’s game closing the afternoon slot.
Supporters who cannot make it to Croke Park will still be able to follow the match live on RTÉ 2, while updates will also appear on the Dublin GAA X page. For readers tracking the selection rather than the contest itself, those are the two places to follow once the teams are in place and the whistle goes.
Donegal win to Galway test
Dublin arrive at the quarter final after beating Donegal last weekend, but Brennan has still opted for one switch at the top end of the field. That is the complication in the story: a winning team has not been left untouched, and the only public change is Kennedy in for Doran.
That leaves one obvious reading of the selection. Brennan has chosen to alter the starting XV for a knockout match at Croke Park without widening the change beyond a single swap, and Dublin now go into Galway with the panel named and the adjustment made in advance.
For anyone following Dublin GAA on Sunday, the practical picture is simple: Croke Park at 4pm, Galway as the opponent, Kennedy in the team, Doran out of it. The rest of the afternoon belongs to the scoreline.
