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Limerick unchanged for Royal encounter

Updated: Thursday, 30 Jul 2009 17:30

Mark O'Riordan and his Treaty colleagues will be hoping to put another Leinster county out of the 2009 championship
Mark O'Riordan and his Treaty colleagues will be hoping to put another Leinster county out of the 2009 championship

<notforsyndication>Watch live coverage of Meath v Limerick on RTÉ Two television and RTÉ.ie from 6.30pm on Saturday, 1 August.</notforsyndication>

Mickey ‘Ned’ O’Sullivan has named the same starting XV that lined out in the Munster final for Limerick''s Round 4 qualifier against Meath in Portlaoise on Saturday evening.'

That means that dual stars Mark O'Riordan and Stephen Lucey will be back in action just six days after helping the hurlers see off Dublin in the All-Ireland quarter-final.

The Treaty side comfortably beat Meath in the qualifiers in 2008, but Saturday’s match in OMoore Park is expected to be a tighter affairs with the winners going on to meet Mayo in the All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park on Sunday week.

Limerick XV v Meath in Round 4 of the SFC qualifiers at O'Moore Park, Portlaoise on Saturday, 1 August, 7.00pm:
S Kiely; J McCarthy, S Gallagher, M O'Riordan; S Lavin, S Lucey, P Ranahan; J O'Donovan, J Galvin; P Browne, C Joyce-Power, S Buckley; G Collins, S Kelly, I Ryan.

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