The team announced was: 15. Rob Kearney 14. Rory Drysdale 13. Darren Cave 12. Jonathan Sexton 11. Fionn Carr 10. Conan Doyle 9. Joe Burns 1. Darragh Hurley 2. Gavin O'Meara 3. Paul Collins 4. Darren O'Reilly 5. Billy Holland 6. Diarmuid Laffan (Captain) 7. Michael Essex 8. David Pollock

The subs will be chosen from

Peter Shallow Duncan Williams Jonathan Shortt Conor Gildea Gary Walsh Sean Cronin Gary Mitchell Devin Toner Barry O'Mahoney Jamie Cornett and Tom Gleeson were not available for selection due to minor injury problems