New management look to hit ground running as Kilkenny make camogie bow

The Kilkenny senior camogie team will face into a new era when they travel to Galway for their first game in the Centra National League on Saturday.

With Tommy Shefflin stepping away as manager at the end of the 2025 season, a new management team consisting of James Meagher (St Lachtain’s), David Dowling (Tullaroan), Eoin Murphy (Conahy Shamrocks), Kieran Brennan (James Stephens), Stephen Farrell (St Lachtain’s) and James Kelly (O’Loughlin Gaels) has taken over the reins.

The Cats will be looking for an improvement in fortunes after narrowly avoiding relegation from Division 1A last term and losing out in an All-Ireland Quarter-Final.

Kilkenny kick off their campaign with a trip to the All-Ireland champions and also have Waterford away but they will have home comforts for the visit of Antrim, Cork and Tipperary.

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The Kilkenny team itself has a very strong look to it while the likes of Laura Murphy, Miriam Bambrick and Caoimhe Keher Murtagh can bring impact from the bench.

Throw-in from Duggan Park in Ballinasloe is 2pm as the two sides look to kickstart their Division 1A campaign with victory.

Kilkenny team to face Galway: Sinead Farrell; Rachel Phelan, Michelle Teehan, Angela Carroll; Caoimhe Dowling, Niamh Deely, Tiffanie Fitzgerald; Ava Brett, Laura Greene; Asha McHardy, Steffi Fitzgerald, Sarah Barcoe; Rachel Dowling, Aoife Prendergast, Katie Nolan.

Subs: Ellen Gunner, Grace Brennan, Maria Brennan, Anna Doheny, Emily Smith, Caoimhe Keher Murtagh, Emma Shortall, Claire Doheny, Emma Mulhall, Una Duggan, Ciara O'Shea, Aoife Norris, Laura Murphy, Miriam Bambrick, Laura Phelan, Ciara Dunne, Aisiing O'Sullivan.