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Hurling teams: No changes for Tipperary or Waterford

Liam Cahill and Tipperary will hope to kickstart their championship campaign against Waterford
Liam Cahill and Tipperary will hope to kickstart their championship campaign against Waterford

Tipperary and Waterford have named unchanged starting line-ups from their latest outings for Saturday's Munster SHC encounter at Walsh Park.

Shane Bennett has been named on the Waterford bench after picking up a groin injury in training before the 2-25 to 1-25 home win over Cork last month.

Tipperary's official starting XV comes as some surprise, as manager Liam Cahill indicated he would ring the changes in the aftermath of their 2-27 to 0-18 drubbing by Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds last Sunday.

Tipp's worst championship defeat since the 18-point All-Ireland semi-final loss to Kilkenny in 2012 prompted Cahill to say that there would be "consequences" for his charges.

Cathal Barrett and Conor Stakelum have been named in the matchday panel in place of Robert Byrne and Sean Ryan.

Waterford: Shaun O'Brien; Kieran Bennett, Conor Prunty, Iarlaith Daly; Mark Fitzgerald, Tadhg de Búrca, Calum Lyons; Jamie Barron, Darragh Lyons; Neil Montgomery, Stephen Bennett, Jack Prendergast; Dessie Hutchinson, Michael Kiely, Kevin Mahony.

Tipperary: Barry Hogan; Johnny Ryan, Ronan Maher, Craig Morgan; Michael Breen, Bryan O'Mara, Conor Bowe; Willie Connors, Eoghan Connolly; Alan Tynan, Gearoid O'Connor, Jason Forde; Jake Morris, Mark Kehoe, Seán Hayes.

Wexford manager Keith Rossiter has remained loyal to the team Antrim defeated by 2-22 to 2-20 last Sunday for Saturday's Leinster SHC fixture against Galway at Chadwicks Wexford Park.

Full-back Liam Ryan is back in the panel, but has not been named as a starter.

Unsurprisingly, Evan Niland has been included in the Galway team on the back of his seven-point haul from the bench in the 2-23 to 0-29 draw against Kilkenny last Sunday.

Niland is one of three changes for the Tribesmen, with Jack Grealish and Gearoid McInerney also handed starting berths.

Darren Morrissey misses out through injury, with Sean Linnane and David Burke dropping to the bench.

Wexford: Mark Fanning; Shane Reck, Conor Foley, Niall Murphy; Simon Donohoe, Damien Reck, Matthew O'Hanlon; Conor Hearne, Kevin Foley; Liam Óg McGovern, Lee Chin, Cathal Dunbar; Cian Byrne, Conor McDonald, Rory O'Connor.

Galway: Darach Fahy; Jack Grealish, Daithí Burke, Fintan Burke; Gearóid McInerney, Pádraic Mannion, Cianan Fahy; Ronan Glennon, Gavin Lee; Tom Monaghan, Evan Niland, Brian Concannon; Conor Whelan, Conor Cooney, Cathal Mannion.

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