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O'Riordan to start for Limerick

Richie Bennis will give Mark O'Riordan a Champiosnhip debut on Sunday
Richie Bennis will give Mark O'Riordan a Champiosnhip debut on Sunday

Mark O'Riordan will make his championship debut for Limerick in their Munster Hurling Championship encounter against Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on Sunday.

O'Riordan from the Croom club will come in at left half-back for Richie Bennis' side.

Brian Geary, Sean O'Connor and Niall Moran have all recovered from injury to take their place in the starting XV.

Tipperary manager Babs Keating gives championship debuts to Eamonn Buckley and James Woodlock at corner-back and midfield respectively.

Ryan O'Dwyer of Cashel King Cormacs makes his debut at centre-forward. Toomevara's Benny Dunne will captain the side from centre-back.

Limerick: B Murray; D Reale, S Lucey, S Hickey; M Foley, B Geary, M O'Riordan; D O'Grady, P Lawlor; M O'Brien, O Moran, N Moran; A O'Shaughnessy, S O'Connor, B Foley.

Tipperary: B Cummins; E Buckley, P Curran, D Fitzgerald; E Corcoran, B Dunne (Capt), C O'Mahony; S McGrath, J Woodlock; J Carroll, R O'Dwyer, D Egan; E Kelly, L Corbett, W Ryan.

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