Kilkenny manager Derek Lyng has reverted to his strongest selection for Sunday's Leinster SHC final against Galway after experimenting in the dead-rubber defeat to Wexford.
Eoin Cody is still absent but Richie Reid is fit to start for the six-in-a-row chasers, having come off the bench against the Model men. Shane Murphy has also recovered from injury to take his place on the bench.
All but Jordan Molloy and Stephen Donnelly started last year's provincial final victory over Dublin.
Marty Murphy is named among the subs, having scored 1-02 in Kilkenny's Under-20 hurling final loss to Tipperary last weekend.
Galway manager Micheál Donoghue has named Darach Fahy in goal, despite county social media suggesting Eanna Murphy would take his place.
Fahy was suspended for one match for a strike on Dublin's Andrew Jamieson-Murphy but the official team submitted to the GAA suggests Galway are appealing the decision.
Otherwise, Kevin Cooney replacing Anthony Burns is the only change from the XV that beat the Dubs.
Kilkenny: Eoin Murphy; Mikey Butler, Huw Lawlor, Tommy Walsh; Mikey Carey, Richie Reid, Paddy Deegan; Cian Kenny, Jordan Molloy; John Donnelly, Adrian Mullen, Billy Ryan; Stephen Donnelly, TJ Reid, Martin Keoghan.
Subs: Aidan Tallis, Pádraic Moylan, David Blanchfield, Shane Murphy, Killian Doyle, Zach Bay Hammond, Fionán Mackessy, Harry Shine, Luke Hogan, Luke Connellan, Marty Murphy.
Galway: Darach Fahy; Padraic Mannion, Daithí Burke, Fintan Burke; Cianan Fahy, Gavin Lee, TJ Brennan; Seán Linnane, David Burke; John Fleming, Cathal Mannion, Tom Monaghan; Conor Whelan, Brian Concannon, Kevin Cooney.
Subs: Eanna Murphy, Darren Morrissey, Jack Grealish, Joshua Ryan, Dan Loftus, Ronan Glennon, Conor Cooney, Tiernan Killeen, Anthony Burns, Colm Molloy, Jason Flynn.
Aidan O'Connor will make his first championship start for Limerick in Saturday's Munster SHC final against Cork.
The 23-year-old from Ballybrown comes in at full-forward for Shane O'Neill, who he replaced during the defeat to Clare in the final game of the group stages.
The seven-in-a-row chasers make eight changes from that game but O'Connor for O'Brien is the only one from the 16-point trouncing of the Rebels that secured qualification.
That means former All-Stars Declan Hannon, Darragh O'Donovan, Seamus Flanagan, Cathal O'Neill, and Peter Casey are all among the subs.
Cork manager Pat Ryan's hand has been forced by injuries as his team go in search of a first Munster title in seven years.
Niall O’Leary (groin) and skipper Robert Downey (knee) are on the bench after missing the win over Waterford while Declan Dalton (hamstring) and Ger Millerick (broken finger) miss out altogether.
Shane Barrett captains the side in Downey's absence as Damien Cahalane comes in for Millerick and Diarmuid Healy also makes his first championship start - at half-forward in place of Brian Roche - Darragh Fitzgibbon moving back to midfield.
Limerick: Nickie Quaid; Seán Finn, Dan Morrissey, Mike Casey; Diarmaid Byrnes, Kyle Hayes, Barry Nash; Adam English, Will O'Donoghue; Gearóid Hegarty, Cian Lynch, Tom Morrissey; Aaron Gillane, Aidan O’Connor, David Reidy.
Subs: Shane Dowling, Peter Casey, Colin Coughlan, Seamus Flanagan, Declan Hannon, Barry Murphy, Shane O’Brien, Donnacha Ó Dálaigh, Darragh O’Donovan, Patrick O’Donovan, Cathal O’Neill.
Cork: Patrick Collins; Damien Cahalane, Eoin Downey, Seán O’Donoghue; Cormac O’Brien, Ciarán Joyce, Mark Coleman; Tim O’Mahony, Darragh Fitzgibbon; Diarmuid Healy, Shane Barrett, Seamus Harnedy; Patrick Horgan, Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes.
Subs: Brion Saunderson, Niall O’Leary, Rob Downey, Tommy O’Connell, Ethan Twomey, Luke Meade, Shane Kingston, Jack O’Connor, Brian Roche, Robbie O’Flynn.
Kildare manager Brian Dowling has kept faith with the same starting XV that beat Down by 12 points for the county's first Joe McDonagh Cup final.
Last year's runners-up Laois have made three changes to the team that pipped Carlow with a last-minute goal for their place in the decider.
Cody Comerford (above) replaces Donnacha Hartnett at corner-back, Fiachra C Fennell is in for John Lennon at midfield and Mark Dowling takes Charles Dwyer's place at corner-forward.
Kildare: Paddy McKenna; Richy Hogan, Rian Boran, Simon Leacy; Dan O'Meara, Cian Boran, Paul Dolan; Daire Guerin, James Burke; Cathal McCabe, Jack Sheridan, David Qualter; Darragh Melville, Cathal Dowling, Gerry Keegan.
Subs: Mark Doyle, Jack Travers, Harry Carroll, Liam O'Reilly, Conn Kehoe, Muiris Curtin, Oisin Lynam, Killian Harrington, James Dolan, Cormac Byrne, Jack Higgins.
Laois: Cathal Dunne; Cody Comerford, Lee Cleere, Diarmaid Conway; Tom Cuddy, Padraig Delaney, Ryan Mullaney; Fiachra C Fennell, David Dooley; Aidan Corby, Tomás Keyes, Paddy Purcell; Mark Dowling, Jer Quinlan, Ben Conroy.
Subs: Eoin Fleming, Padraic Dunne, Donnacha Hartnett, Jordan Walshe, John Lennon, James Keyes, Martin Phelan, Aaron Dunphy, James Duggan, PJ Scully, Colin Byrne.
Watch Limerick v Cork in the Munster SHC final live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player from 5.15pm Saturday. Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to commentary on RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport.
Watch Kildare v Laois and Kilkenny v Galway live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player from 1.30pm Sunday. Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to commentary on RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport.
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