Crummey and O’Callaghan handed starts against Galway

Fri, 29th May 2015

Defenders Cian O'Callaghan and Chris Crummey will make their SHC starting debuts in Sunday's Leinster SHC quarter-final against Galway in Croke Park (2.0).

Both enjoyed strong league campaigns this spring and have been rewarded with starts against the Tribemen.

The starting 15 shows six changes from Dublin's last Championship appearance, against Tipp in All-Ireland SHC quarter-final of last July, as well as some positional switches.

Alan Nolan, Peter Kelly, Shane Durkin, Conal Keaney, Johnny McCaffrey, Ryan O'Dwyer, Liam Rushe, Danny Sutcliffe and David Treacy are the nine who began in Dublin's 2-23 to 0-16 defeat to Tipperary with Niall Corcoran, Stephen Hiney, Michael Carton, Alan McCrabbe, Conor McCormack and Colm Cronin comprising the rest of the starting selection that day.

DUBLIN (SH v Galway)

1 Alan Nolan (St Brigid's)

2 Cian O'Callaghan (Cuala)

3 Peter Kelly (Lucan Sarsfields)

4 Paul Schutte (Cuala)

5 Shane Durkin (Ballyboden St Enda's)

6 Chris Crummey (Lucan Sarsfields)

7 Conal Keaney (Ballyboden St Enda's)

8 Johnny McCaffrey (Lucan Sarsfields)

9 Simon Lambert (Ballyboden St Enda's)

10 Ryan O'Dwyer (Kilmacud Crokes)

11 Liam Rushe (St Pat's, Palmerstown)

12 Danny Sutcliffe (St Jude's)

13 David O'Callaghan (Ballyboden St Enda's)

14 David Treacy (Cuala)

15 Mark Schutte (Cuala)

DUBLIN v GALWAY
This will be only their fifth meeting in championship history with Dublin having won all four previous clashes. They were 2-4 to 2-2 winners in the 1941 All-Ireland semi-final and 5-3 to 2-6 winners in the 1924 final.
Dublin again won on a 0-19 to 2-7 scoreline in the 2011 Leinster semi-final. Two years later Dublin beat Galway by 2-25 to 2-13 in the Leinster final.

Flashback...
Dublin 2-25 Galway 2-13 (2013 Leinster final)
Dublin: Garry Maguire; Niall Corcoran, Peter Kelly, Paul Schutte; Stephen Hiney, Liam Rushe, Michael Carton (0-1); Johnny McCaffrey (0-2), Joey Boland ( 0-2); Conal Keaney (0-2), Ryan O’Dwyer (0-3), Danny Sutcliffe (0-1); ‘Dotsy’ O’Callaghan (0-4), Paul Ryan (2-7), David Treacy.
Subs: Conor McCormack (0-2) for Treacy; Oisin Gough for Paul Schutte; Shane Durkin for McCaffrey; Mark Schutte for O’Callaghan; Simon Lambert (0-1) for O’Dwyer.
Galway: James Skehill; Fergal Moore, Kevin Hynes, Joseph Cooney; Johnny Coen, Shane Kavanagh, David Collins; Iarla Tannian (0-1), James Regan, David Burke (1-0), Conor Cooney (0-3), Cyril Donnellan; Davy Glennon, Joe Canning 1-7, David Treacy.
Subs: Andy Smith for Regan; Aidan Harte (0-1), for Tannian; Dames Hayes for Donnellan; Jonathon Glynn (0-1) for Glennon; Aonghus Callanan for Cooney.

 This is Galway’s seventh season in the Leinster senior championship. Their record reads: Played 16; Won 9, Drew 2, Lost 5.
Here’s how they fared against individual counties.
Kilkenny: Played 5, Won 1, D1, Lost 3
Laois: Played 3, Won 3
Offaly: Played 3, Won 2, Drew 1
Dublin: Played 2, Lost 2
Westmeath: Played 2, Won 2
Wexford: Played 1, Won 1.
 Paul Ryan scored 2-7 when Dublin beat Galway 12 points in the 2013 Leinster final. Joe Canning scored 1-7 for Galway.
 Dublin beat Galway by 0-26 to 2-14 in their 1A League clash in Parnell Park on March 22 last. David Treacy (0-10). Mark Schutte (0-5) and Danny Sutcliffe (0-4) were Dublin’s top scorers in a win that took them to third in the table after winning three and losing two games. They later beat Limerick (quarter-final) and lost to Cork (semi-final).
 Galway finished fourth in the 1A table (two wins and three defeats) before losing to Waterford in the quarter-final.
 Dublin scored a total of 8-159 in their seven League games – an average of 26.2 points per game.
 Galway scored a total of 4-101 in their six games – an average of 18.8 points per game.
Sunday’s winners will play Laois or Offaly in the semi-final on June 20.