skip to main content

GAA team news: Shanahan in but no Brick for Déise

Maurice Shanahan starts for Waterford
Maurice Shanahan starts for Waterford

Waterford have made three changes to their team for Sunday's win or bust Munster SHC clash with Limerick.

Maurice Shanahan, Darragh Fives and Mikey Kearney come in for Conor Gleeson, Patrick Curran and Shane Bennett.

There is no place for Michael 'Brick' Walsh despite speculation he would make a first Championship start of the season at Walsh Park.

John Kiely has made two changes to the Limerick team that lost to Cork.

Paddy O’Loughlin makes his Championship debut at left wing-back and Willie O'Donoghue starts at midfield as Diarmaid Byrnes and Darragh O'Donovan make way.

Waterford: Stephen O'Keeffe; Calum Lyons, Conor Prunty, Noel Connors; Daragh Fives, Tadhg de Burca, Kevin Moran; Jamie Barron, Jack Prendergast; Pauric Mahony, Austin Gleeson, Maurice Shanahan; Mikey Kearney, Stephen Bennett, Thomas Ryan.

Limerick: Nicky Quaid; Sean Finn, Mike Casey, Richie English; Dan Morrissey, Declan Hannon, Paddy O’Loughlin; Cian Lynch, William O'Donoghue; Gearoid Hegarty, Kyle Hayes, Tom Morrissey; Aaron Gillane, Graeme Mulcahy, Peter Casey.

Clare have kept faith with the XV that hung on against the Déise in the opening round.

Liam Sheedy has made one change to the Tipperary side that thrashed Waterford last time out: Niall O'Meara replaces Dan McCormack.

Clare: Donal Tuohy; Patrick O’Connor, David McInerney, Seadna Morey; Cathal Malone, Jack Browne, David Fitzgerald; Shane Golden, Colm Galvin; Peter Duggan, Tony Kelly, Diarmuid Ryan; Shane O'Donnell, John Conlon, Podge Collins

Tipperary: Brian Hogan; Cathal Barrett, James Barry, Ronan Maher; Brendan Maher, Padraic Maher, Alan Flynn; Noel McGrath, Michael Breen; Jason Forde, John O'Dwyer, Patrick Maher; John McGrath, Seamus Callanan, Niall O'Meara

Kerry welcome back David Moran and James O’Donoghue to their starting team for Saturday’s Munster SFC semi-final against Clare at Cusack Park.

The team also includes three championship debutants with goalkeeper Shane Ryan, midfielder Adrian Spillane and wing-forward Diarmuid O’Connor primed to get their first taste of senior championship action.

O’Donoghue has not started a game this season while influential midfielder Moran has been passed fit to partner newcomer Spillane. 

Having lost Peter Crowley for the season to a cruciate injury and team captain Paul Murphy failing to recover from an ankle setback, Keane has made seven changes in personnel from the side what was defeated by Mayo in the Allianz League final.

Tadhg Morley and Jason Foley move into the full-back line, with Jack Sherwood sapping the edge of the square for the number six jersey.

Shane Enright comes in at wing-back with the new-look midfield of Moran and Spillane. In the forward line, O’Connor slots into the half-forward line, Paul Geaney replaces Tommy Walsh at full-forward and O’Donoghue comes in for Kevin McCarthy.

Kerry: Shane Ryan; Jason Foley, Tadhg Morley, Tom O’Sullivan; Gavin Crowley, Jack Sherwood Shane Enright; David Moran, Adrian Spillane; Diarmuid O’Connor, Sean O’Shea, Stephen O’Brien; David Clifford, Paul Geaney, James O’Donoghue.

Ronan McCarthy has named a trio of Championship rookies in his Cork starting 15 for Saturday night's Munster SFC semi-final clash with Limerick at Páirc Uí Rinn.

Nathan Walsh, Liam O’Donovan and Eoghan McSweeney - who played in their final league game against Armagh, scoring 0-2 - are all slated to start as the Rebels begin their summer in earnest.

Cork suffered relegation from Division 2 in the spring and will be desperate for a morale lift against the Treaty, who stunned Tipperary in the quarters at Semple Stadium a fortnight ago.

Limerick also endured a dismal league campaign but completely over-ran Tipp to set up a last-four showdown.

Cork: Mark White; Nathan Walsh, James Loughrey, Kevin Flahive; Liam O Donovan, Thomas Clancy, Mattie Taylor; Ian Maguire, Killian O Hanlon; Eoghan McSweeney, Ruairi Deane, John O’ Rourke; Paul Kerrigan, Brian Hurley, Mark Collins

Read Next