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LIMERICK hurling manager John Kiely has revealed his lineup to play Clare in Sunday’s long-awaited Shannonside derby.
The neighborhood clash takes place at Semple Stadium in Thurles this Sunday (3.45) in a match that doubles as the Munster SHC quarterfinal and the Allianz Hurling League final.
The game behind closed doors will be live on RTE television.
Limerick has selected a team that includes 13 from the roster that began the All-Ireland SHC 2019 semifinal loss to Kilkenny and the Munster SHC 2019 final victory over Tipperary.
Missing from that starting 15 are baseline duo Mike Casey and Richie English injured – elsewhere the team remains unchanged. Replacing the two injured are Barry Nash and Paddy O’Loughlin.
The loss of the seasoned pair requires a defensive shakeup: Dan Morrissey moves from his role from regular winger to winger and Nash, who played the second half of the Croke Park semi-final loss to Brian Cody’s Cats, is selected. in the back corner.
Nash played the corner in Limerick’s last competitive outing: a March 7 league win over Waterford.
Completing the entire bottom line is All Star Sean Finn.
At the middle of the baseline, Captain Declan Hannon and Diarmaid Byrnes are joined by O’Loughlin, who also started against Clare in a 1-28-0-13 victory for Limerick at the 2019 Munster SHC at the LIT Gaelic Grounds. .
The midfielder pair are Cian Lynch and William O’Donoghue.
In attack, half of the 2018 All-Ireland winning front line remains in place: Hegarty, Hayes and Morrissey.
On the full line of attack is another family trio: Mulcahy, Gillane and Peter Casey, who missed all five league games in the spring due to injury.
The victory will move Limerick to play Tipperary in the provincial semi-final at Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday 1 November.
The defeat will take Limerick to phase one of the Irish SHC Qualifiers from 7-8 November.
Limerick has appointed a panel of 26 players for the day.
Among those Limerick can call up from the substitute bench are Darragh O’Donovan, Seamus Flanagan and Adrian Breen, who last played the championship in the All-Ireland SHC Qualifier win over Westmeath in 2015.
Also among the 11 substitutes are Jerome Boylan (Na Piarsaigh), Ronan Connolly (Adare), Robbie Hanley (Kilmallock) and Brian O’Grady (Kilteely-Dromkeen), all yet to make their senior championship debut.
One player who is not among the substitutes is David Dempsey. Na Piarsaigh’s man was impressive for Limerick in the spring and was the Man of the Match in the Limerick County SHC final; took a hit that kept him out of contention for Sunday.
COMIC QUINTILLA: Nickie Quaid (Effin); Sean Finn (Bruff), Dan Morrissey (Ahane), Barry Nash (South Liberties); Diarmaid Byrnes (Patrickswell), Declan Hannon (Adare), Paddy O’Loughlin (Kilmallock); Cian Lynch (Patrickswell), William O’Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh); Gearoid Hegarty (St Patricks), Kyle Hayes (Kildimo-Pallaskenry), Tom Morrissey (Ahane); Graeme Mulcahy (Kilmallock), Aaron Gillane (Patrickswell), Peter Casey (Na Piarsaigh). Subs: Barry Hennessy (Kilmallock), Conor Boylan (Na Piarsaigh), Jerome Boylan (Na Piarsaigh), Adrian Breen (Na Piarsaigh), Ronan Connolly (Adare), Seamus Flanagan (Feohanagh-Castlemahon), Robbie Hanley (Kilmallock), Darragh O Donovan (Doon), Brian O’Grady (Kilteely-Dromkeen), David Reidy (Dromin-Athlacca), Pat Ryan (Doon).
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