Cork team confirmed for Allianz Hurling League Final clash with Limerick

MANAGER Ben O'Connor has confirmed his Cork senior team to play Limerick the Allianz Hurling League Final on Easter Sunday.

The rivals renew their rivalries in the TUS Gaelic Grounds this April 5 at 4pm in the TUS Gaelic Grounds.

O'Connor has named 11 of the Rebel County side that started their All-Ireland final defeat to Tipperary last July.

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The four into that line-up are Micheál Mullins, William Buckley, Tommy O’Connell and Seamus Harnedy - the later two were introduced in Croke Park last summer. They replace the retired Patrick Horgan, the injured Diarmuid Healy and Mark Coleman and Declan Dalton, who are both listed among the substitutes on Sunday.

CORK: Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig); Niall O’Leary (Castlelyons), Ciarán Joyce (Castlemartyr), Seán O’Donoghue (Inniscarra); Eoin Downey (Glen Rovers), Robert Downey (Glen Rovers), Micheál Mullins (Glen Rovers); Tim O’Mahony (Newtownshandrum), Tommy O’Connell (Midleton); Séamus Harnedy (St Ita’s), Shane Barrett (Blarney), Darragh Fitzgibbon (Charleville, captain); William Buckley (St Finbarr’s), Alan Connolly (Blackrock), Brian Hayes (St Finbarr’s). Subs: Paudie O’Sullivan (Fr O’Neill’s), Ger Millerick (Fr O’Neill’s), Damien Cahalane (St Finbarr’s), Mark Coleman (Blarney), Ethan Twomey (St Finbarr’s), Brian Keating (Ballincollig), Hugh O’Connor (Newmarket), Robbie O’Flynn (Erin’s Own), Pádraig Power (Blarney), Declan Dalton (Fr O’Neill’s), Alan Walsh (Kanturk).