TEAM: Limerick make two changes to side to face Cork

John Kiely and his backroom team have made two changes from the starting XV that faced Clare in last month’s Munster final.

The side to face Cork sees the return of Seamus Flanagan and Seán Finn with Shane O’Brien and Barry Nash making way.

Flanagan bagged 3-3 against Sunday’s opponents earlier this season before limping out of Limerick’s crucial game against Waterford after just 20 minutes.

The dynamic Nash misses out altogether, with a hamstring complaint, while 20-year-old Shane O’Brien will have to be content with a return to the subs bench having made his first start (scoring 0-2) in the Munster final.

The remaining substitutes are the same as they were for the Munster final, bar Barry Murphy, who misses out with O’Brien now among a plethora or options.

1 Nickie Quaid (Effin)

2 Sean Finn (Bruff)

3 Dan Morrissey (Ahane)

4 Mike Casey (Na Piarsaigh)

5 Diarmaid Byrnes (Patrickswell)

6 Declan Hannon (Adare) Captain

7 Kyle Hayes (Kildimo/Pallaskenry)

8 William O’Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh)

9 Cathal O’Neill (Crecora/Manister)

10 Gearoid Hegarty (St. Patricks)

11 Cian Lynch (Patrickswell)

12 Tom Morrissey (Ahane)

13 Aaron Gillane (Patrickswell)

14 Seamus Flanagan (Feohanagh/Castlemahon)

15 David Reidy (Dromin/Athlacca)

16 Jason Gillane (Patrickswell)

17 Conor Boylan (Na Piarsaigh)

18 Colin Coughlan (Ballybrown)

19 Adam English (Doon)

20 Richie English (Doon)

21 Graeme Mulcahy (Kilmallock)

22 Shane O’Brien (Kilmallock)

23 Aidan O’Connor (Ballybrown)

24 Fergal O’Connor (Effin)

25 Donnacha Ó Dálaigh (Monaleen)

26 Darragh O’Donovan (Doon)

Cork, meanwhile have named their team with the same six forwards starting as they did the last time these two counties met. Ciaran Joyce at midfield is perhaps the main talking point.

1. Patrick Collins 2. Niall O’Leary 3.Eoin Downey 4. Sean O Donoghue (c) 5. Tim O Mahony 6. Robert Downey, 7. Mark Coleman, 8. Ciaran Joyce 9. Darragh Fitzgibbon 10. Declan Dalton 11. Shane Barrett 12. Seamus Harnedy, 13. Patrick Horgan, 14. Alan Connolly 15. Brian Hayes

16. Brion Saunderson,17. Damian Cahalane 18. Ger Millerick, 19. Tommy O Connell 20. Luke Meade 21. Ethan Twomey, 22. Conor Lehane, 23. Jack O’Connor 24. Shane Kingston 25. Padraig Power 26. Robbie O’Flynn.

This is the second meeting of Limerick and Cork in 2024, after the Rebels edged a classic on Leeside in the round robin.

It is also the second All-Ireland semi-final clash of the pair with Limerick needing extra time in 2018 to win a thriller at Croker Park.

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