LIMERICK HAVE MADE five changes as they aim to land some pre-season hurling silverware tomorrow against Clare in the Gaelic Grounds.
Manager John Kiely has shaken up his starting side for the clash with the Banner in the Co-Op Superstores Munster hurling league final.
Nickie Quaid will start in goal with the experienced Seamus Hickey in front of him at full-back. The Morrissey brothers, Dan and Tom, are named at centre-back and wing-forward respectively with Gearoid Hegarty coming in at corner-forward.
Barry Hennessy, Darragh Fanning, Andrew La Touche Cosgrave and Barry Murphy drop to the bench while Declan Hannon is out injured.
Clare have delayed announcing their team until before throw-in tomorrow afternoon.
Limerick
1. Nickie Quaid (Effin)
2. Tom Condon (Knockaderry)
3. Seamus Hickey (Murroe-Boher)
4. Richie English (Doon)
5. Diarmaid Byrnes (Patrickswell)
6. Dan Morrissey (Ahane)
7. William O’Meara (Askeaton)
8. Paul Browne (Bruff)
9. Cian Lynch (Patrickswell)
10. Tom Morrissey (Ahane)
11. Darragh O’Donovan (Doon)
12. Barry Nash (South Liberties)
13. Aaron Gillane (Patrickwell)
14. Seamus Flanagan (Feohanagh)
15. Gearoid Hegarty (St Patrick’s)
Subs
16. Barry Hennessy (Kilmallock)
17. Sean Finn (Bruff)
18. Paddy O’Loughlin (Kilmallock)
19. Barry O’Connell (Kildimo-Pallaskenry)
20. Barry Murphy (Doon)
21. Darragh Fanning (Pallasgreen)
22. David Reidy (Dromin-Athlacca)
23. Oisin O’Reilly (Kilmallock)
24. Pat Ryan (Doon)
25. Andrew La Touche Cosgrave (Monaleen)
26. Colin Ryan (Pallasgreen)
27. Lorcan Lyons (Monaleen)
28. Mike Mackey (Adare)
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Time for player power here… Surely it’s not the Galway players fault they got relegated…. Manager out……. God bless karma
Hahahah.I’m delighted after they stabbed a good man in the back
Fair play to Cork big big win for them away from home .
Anthony cunningham will be laughing and would have every right to be !
Bonkers system!!! Cork don’t win a game all league but one game allows them stay in the top division!!!!
It’s not fair Julian. It’s not cricket
Serves the Galway players for what they did to Anthony Cunningham, but not for there supporters. Corcaigh Abu
Galway hae great support but they should be letting the players know that this isn’t on , to get a good hurling man like cunningham sacked was a disgrace
That’ll quieten Patrick Horgan’s critics for a while at least.
Ha ha hon the rebels
Id love to see kerry get them in tralee next year
Kerry will get a crack at Galway in June if they keep it up. And I wouldn’t put my house on Galway
Shameful how cork can stay up 0 wins and 0 points cause today was a playoff game. Galway 2 draws and 1 win and 4 points and they go down. Headquarters really need to have a look at this for all the divisions
Shussh…Seanie! The “relegation system” is designed as a safety net for the bigger counties. But dont tell anyone
Seanie, if Galway can’t beat a team who didn’t win a league game all this season ( Cork) and in Pearse Stadium, it’s not as if Galway did not know the rules of the league ( bottom two in relegation final) , and again “fail” in a “final” then maybe Division 2 hurling ( called 1b ) is a correct level for them to be playing at presently . The players have no excuses. The senior players not scoring enough from open play and not scoring goals !!
Cunningham can’t be blamed for this one.
When is the last time that a Division 2 ( 1b) team won the Liam McCarthy?
Come on Galway bounce back from another setback !!
Clare not win it from 1B? Agree with all your points though. Love the league now. Every week is a big game.
Good win delighted for the lads will do there confidence a world of good rebles abu
Those nasty Cork chappies will surely offer to relegate themselves in place of those valiant Galway boys. Change the rules I say
Bad day for galway hurling
Corks first goal came from a very dubious free out that Galway could have had as a free in…4 point swing, but overall goals win games
The free count was heavily against Cork so sorry you cant use that as an excuse …
If the league was ran off again tomorrow some other two teams in Div one might end up in the bottom two as there is very little between Galway Tipp Cork Dublin waterford and now even Killkenny have come “back” closer to this group.It is hard luck on Galway to be relagated but does it really matter? Clare and limerick are in the league semi final and both will have a big say in this years championship.
Come back Anthony. Clearly you were not the problem. A diet of humble pie for the team might do them good as they wait months for their next match of any consequence.
Dubious Frees? Corks John cronin got spear tackled by a galway player at the end, and the ref gave a free to galway? Overall the free count was by far in Galways favour. Without the 11 from Frees from Jo Canning, the margin would have been alot more convincing.
Yes the ref had Maroon colored glasses on and did his best to keep Galway in it Im surprised he did not disallow one of the goals for something innocuous ..
Totally false when a team with no points stays up.a new system where bottom team should be automatically relegated is the way to go cuts out a needless match.
Believe