TIPEPRARY HAVE HANDED debuts to newcomers Daire Quinn and Dan McCormack for Saturday night’s Allianz hurling league opener against Dublin.
Quinn starts at midfield after impressing last year on the Nenagh Éire Óg team that reached the Tipperary senior hurling decider and winning a Fitzgibbon Cup medal with UL.
McCormack is one of three Borris-Ileigh players in the starting fifteen. He has plenty recent underage experience with Tipperary and won Fitzgibbon Cup medals with UCC in 2012 and 2013.
Noel McGrath is a notable inclusion from the start in the full-forward line after his battle with cancer last year and his brother John is also handed a starting place.
There are survivors from the starting fifteen for last August’s All-Ireland semi-final loss to Galway in Darren Gleeson, Cathal Barrett, Brendan Maher, James Barry, Padraic Maher, Patrick Maher and Jason Forde.
The team in full is:
Tipperary
1. Darren Gleeson (Portroe)
2. Cathal Barrett (Holycross-Ballycahill)
3. Tomas Hamill (Moyne Templetuohy)
4. Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields)
5. Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh – captain)
6. James Barry (Upperchurch-Drombane)
7. Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
8. Michael Breen (Ballina)
9. Daire Quinn (Nenagh Éire Óg)
10. Dan McCormack (Borris-Ileigh)
11. Patrick Maher (Lorrha-Dorrha)
12. Jason Forde (Silvermines)
13. Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
14. Conor Kenny (Borris-Ileigh)
15. John McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
Subs
16. Darragh Mooney (Eire Óg Annacarty)
17. Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
18. Willie Ryan (Clonakenny)
19. Liam Ryan (Drom & Inch)
20. John Meagher (Loughmore Castleiney)
21. Joe Gallagher (Kildangan)
22. Adrian Ryan (Templederry Kenyons)
23. Dylan Fitzelle (Cashel King Cormacs)
24. Sean Ryan (Sean Treacy’s)
25. Andrew Coffey (Nenagh Eire Óg)
26. John O’Dwyer (Killenaule)
Hon tipp
4 goals inside the opening 8 minutes of an All-Ireland final has to be some kind of record
@Johnny 5: and not one change made at the back must be another one
@domas1507: tough to make any changes in that short space of time. Absolute blitz .
As per usual Denis Ring is like a rabbit caught in the headlights- Goalkeeper appalling yet again- no change in the back line typical Cork GAA Jobs for the boys
@Martin Brennan: jesus lad you cant blame the poor goalie for any of those goals
@Michael McGrath: his pucks out were so fast after each goal no chance to slow the play down and let fellas regroup
@Michael McGrath: his pucks out were so fast after each goal no chance to slow the play down and let fellas regroup. 4th goal should have been saved
To say that tipp forward line is ruthless would be an understatement
No. 8 for cork is a p€€xk for that dive.
@Macus Mc Mahon: embarrassing and this coming from a Cork man
Looks like game over after 16 mins….
How no changes were made tells you all you need to know about Ring
@Ailín Ó Céileachair: The only consolation is the auld lads in the County Board can’t give the senior job to him and hopefully not Kingston he had his chances and failed
@Martin Brennan: Jesus Martin your some craic altogether
Gwan Cork
The Corkness is dead long live the Cork GAA county board auld lads
Now Cork hurling supporters do ye still think yer u20 team is by far the best in the country or do ye stand corrected
Cork hurling is a disgrace Full of fancy hurlers disgraceful management afraid their own shadows they think they are playing singles tennis no concept of team.Denis Ring has to be sacked immediately he’s put out a team bereft of a plan and 4 goals in 8 minutes is unforgivable
Well Done Tipp fabulous team no place for individuals on that team and a coach who knows what he’s doing
That no 8 for Cork is a disgrace,he should be ashamed of himself,just when the media say cork have lost their edge,this clown fegins injury ,diving like hes on 100 k a week…
That fullback line will give away 10 goals if tipp really want them
if this team is the future of Cork Hurling it will be 40 Years of waiting- The guys on the sideline have no experience of playing at that level and their failure to respond was living proof. This is a good Tipp team but the Cork players dropped their heads which is unforgivable.
Last attack tells everyone about what’s wrong with Cork hurling they play as individuals and hide when the heat comes on