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CORK has gone for the tried-and-true against Waterford in Saturday’s Munster semi-final.
Glen Rovers’ Robert Downey is the youngest pitcher of the 15 starters, and while there are seven changes from the team that lost to Kilkenny in the Irish quarterfinals last year, he is full of familiar faces.
The most interesting decisions are for Tim O’Mahony to get the number nine jersey and Aidan Walsh to be selected as the winner of the ball on the wing. Speculation had hinted that Mark Coleman would be redistributed from defense to midfield, though he could still trade with O’Mahony on the throw-in.
Rookies like Seán O’Leary Hayes, prominent throughout the league, Billy Hennessy, Daire Connery, Brian Turnbull and Jack O’Connor, in good shape in recent challenge games, are on the bench. Not surprisingly, returning coach Kieran Kingston and his selectors are backing their seasoned pitchers to deliver in this unusual and truncated season.
Colm Spillane and Chris Joyce returned from injury to a defense that also features Damien Cahalane and Downey in the center back, and the injured Eoin Cadogan, Niall O’Leary, Stephen McDonnell and Mark Ellis, who is not on the team. .
O’Mahony is chosen in midfield to accompany Bill Cooper in the absence of Darragh Fitzgibbon with a hamstring problem, while Shane Kingston and Walsh lead in attack instead of Luke Meade and Daniel Kearney, who moved away from inter-county launches for 2020.
Waterford is a loser, particularly with free Pauric Mahony injured, but he will not be afraid of the rebels at Thurles. The launch is at 3.30pm, live on Sky Sports Mix, which means all Sky subscribers can watch it, not just those with the sports package.
Anthony Nash;
Damien Cahalane, Colm Spillane, Seán O’Donoghue;
Christopher Joyce, Robert Downey, Mark Coleman;
Bill Cooper, Tim O’Mahony;
Seamus Harnedy, Conor Lehane, Aidan Walsh;
Alan Cadogan, Shane Kingston, Patrick Horgan (c).
Patrick Collins, Seán O’Leary Hayes, Niall O’Leary, Billy Hennessy, Chris O’Leary, Stephen McDonnell, Luke Meade, Declan Dalton, Jack O’Connor, Daire Connery, Brian Turnbull.
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