SEAMUS CALLANAN, RONAN Maher and Barry Heffernan are all handed starting places in the Tipperary team to face Waterford on Sunday.
Callanan gets the nod to start at full-forward, Maher is named at centre-back and Heffernan is drafted in at right half-back.
James Barry is unavailable due to injury while Daire Quinn and Conor Kenny both drop to the bench.
Kieran Bergin is also back form injury and he is named amongst the substitutes.
There’s just the one change on the Waterford team as Mikey Kearney starts at midfield in a positional reshuffle with Maurice Shanahan unavailable due to suspension.
Waterford
1. Stephen O’Keeffe (Ballygunner)
2. Shane Fives (Tourin)
3. Barry Coughlan (Ballygunner)
4. Noel Connors (Passage)
5. Austin Gleeson (Mount Sion)
6. Darragh Fives (Tourin)
7. Philip Mahony (Ballygunner)
8. Jamie Barron (Fourmilewater)
23. Mikey Kearney (Ballyduff Upper)
10. Kevin Moran (De La Salle) – Captain
11. Shane Bennett (Ballysaggart)
12. Michael Walsh (Stradbally)
13. Patrick Curran (Dungarvan)
14. Jake Dillon (De La Salle)
15. Colin Dunford (Colligan)
Tipperary
1. Darren Gleeson (Portroe)
2. Cathal Barrett (Holycross-Ballycahill)
3. Tomas Hamill (Moyne Templetuohy)
4. Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields)
5. Barry Heffernan (Nenagh Éire Óg)
6. Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
7. Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
8. Michael Breen (Ballina)
9. Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh)
10. Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
11. Dan McCormack (Borris-Ileigh)
12. Patrick Maher (Lorrha-Dorrha)
13. John O’Dwyer (Killenaule)
14. Seamus Callanan (Drom-Inch)
15. John McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney)
Subs
16. Darragh Mooney – Éire Óg Annacarty
17. Kieran Bergin – Killenaule
18. Andrew Coffey -Nenagh Éire Óg
19. Conor Kenny – Borris-Ileigh
20. Liam McGrath – Loughmore-Castleiney
21. Conor O’Brien – Éire Óg Annacarty
22. Niall O’Meara -Kilruane MacDonaghs
23. Daire Quinn – Nenagh Éire Óg
24. Adrian Ryan – Templederry Kenyons
25. Liam Ryan – Drom & Inch
26. Willie Ryan – Clonakenny
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Huge benchmark challenge for Tipp and manager Ryan against a very confident and strong Waterford team, especially after the desperate disappointment to lose in such a frustrating fashion against KK. No doubt Callinan’s return will help improve goal-taking chances, that they so desperately missed against KK.