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GAA digest: Collins on double duty as Clare name same 15

There's no rest for Clare dual star Podge Collins
There's no rest for Clare dual star Podge Collins

Podge Collins is back on duty for the Banner a mere 24 hours after helping the county's footballers beat Roscommon in Salthill as the Cratloe man is included in Clare's hurling side to face Galway.

Collins came off the bench as Clare reached their first All-Ireland quarter-final, but it's a semi-final at stake against the Tribesmen in Thurles.

The management team have made no changes in personnel from the side which defeated Limerick, bu have made a number of positional switches, with only three of that team due to line out in the same shirt this weekend.

Oisin O'Brien and Jack Browne swap between the full-back and half-back lines, while Conor Cleary drops back to centre-back as David McInerney and Colm Galvin each move forward.

Tony Kelly comes out to wing forward, with John Conlon moving inside and Shane O'Donnell sliding across to full-forward.

Clare (SHC v Galway): A Fahy; O O’Brien, P O’Connor, C Dillon; J Browne, C Cleary, B Bugler; D McInerney, D Reidy; C Galvin, P Collins, T Kelly; J Conlon, S O’Donnell, A Shanagher

Daithi Burke features in an unchanged Galway line-up after recovering from a finger injury sustained in the Leinster final defeat to Kilkenny.

Manager Micheal Donoghue has also opted to deploy Gearoid McInerney in the half-back line alongside Burke after the 25-year-old was drafted in to replace Fergal Moore in the provincial decider.

Galway: C Callanan; J Coen, J Hanbury, P Mannion; G McInerney, D Burke, A Harte; D Burke, D Glennon; C Cooney, J Cooney, J Canning; C Whelan, N Burke, C Mannion.

Wexford have made one change to the side which defeated Cork for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling quarter-final against Waterford.

Having named the same side for their previous two outings, Model boss Liam Dunne has been forced to make the switch due an injury to forward Podge Doran, with Harry Kehoe coming into the side at wing forward.

Liam Ryan and Nicky Kirwan come into the substitutes, while Gary Moore misses out on the match-day panel.

Waterford boss Derek McGrath will persist with the same line-up which was annihilated by Tipperary in the Munster final.

Tipperary inflicted a 5-19 to 0-13 defeat on the Déise in the provincial decider, but McGrath has resisted the urge to ring the changes and names the same team for a third consecutive game.

Wexford: Mark Fanning, Eoin Moore, Matthew O'Hanlon, James Breen, Diarmuid O'Keeffe, Paudie Foley, Eanna Martin, Jack O'Connor, Eoin Conroy, Liam Og McGovern, Lee Chin, Harry Kehoe, Paul Morris, Conor McDonald, David Dunne.

Waterford: S O’Keeffe; S Fives, B Coughlan, N Connors; T de Búrca, A Gleeson, Philip Mahony; J Barron, D Fives; K Moran, S Bennett, M Walsh; P Curran, Pauric Mahony, M Shanahan.

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