Limerick U20 hurling team named for crunch Munster championship clash with Clare

EVAN Loftus has made one change to his Limerick U20 hurling team for Wedensday's Munster Championship clash against Clare. 

The action gets underway at 7:30pm in TUS Gaelic Grounds. TG4 will be showing the Munster U20 Championship clash between Limerick and Clare. 

Sean Duff replaces Donal Coughlan on the Limerick starting XV. Fourteen players who started last Wedensday against Cork maintain their place on the Limerick team. 

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A victory or a draw for Limerick at the TUS Gaelic Grounds, 7.30pm, will see them advance into the Munster semi-final.

If Cork avoid defeat against Waterford in their round robin fixture, the Rebels will join Limerick or Clare in the Munster semi-final.

Tipperary have progressed directly into the Munster final. The Premier county sit on six points after their four games.

Limerick are on three points with a scoring difference of (0), Clare have three points with a scoring difference of (-2), while Cork are on three points with a scoring difference of (-4). Waterford sit on the bottom of the table on one point.

LIMERICK: Fionn O'Brien; John Murray (Patrickswell), Sean Casey (Bruff), Dan Scully (Dromin-Athlacca); Jack Cosgrave (Ahane), Aidan O'Connell (Doon), Darragh Langan (Monaleen);  Sean Duff (Mungret St Paul's), James Finn (Na Piarsaigh); Matthew Fitzgerald (Monaleen),, Dara Ferland (Monaleen), Hugh Flanagan (Garryspillane); Mark O'Brien (Mungret St Paul's), Robert O'Farrell (Kildimo-Pallaskenry, Fintan Fitzgerald (Captain, Mungret St Paul's). 

SUBS: Pierce Connery (Kilmallock), Barry Adams (Ballybrown), Tadgh Boddy (Dromin-Athlacca), Donal Coughlan (Doon), Shane Fitzgibbon (Dromin-Athlacca) , Darren Frewan (Glenroe), Diarmuid Hurley (Hospital-Herbertstown), Owen Meaney (Bruff), Ruairi O'Connor (Feenagh-Kilmeedy).