LIMERICK HAVE MADE a couple of positional changes ahead of their Allianz hurling league Division 1B clash with Offaly in Tullamore on Sunday.

Stephen Walsh comes into the Treaty County’s defence. He takes over from Mark Carmody while Thomas O’Brien replaces Sean Tobin at corner-forward. Limerick beat Wexford 1-14 to 2-8 last weekend to keep up their unbeaten start to the season.

There are three changes in the Offaly team as Mark Egan, Thomas and Peter Geraghty come into the side at the expense of Dermot Mooney, Sean Ryan and Damien Kilmartin. Offaly lost by six points to Cork last Sunday and have yet to win a game in Division 1B.

LIMERICK: Aaron Murphy (Hospital/Herbertstown); Stephen Walsh (Glenroe), Richie McCarthy (Blackrock), Tom Condon (Knockaderry); Paudie O’Brien (Kilmallock), Wayne McNamara (Adare), Gavin O Mahony (Kilmallock); Donal O’Grady (Captain)(Granagh/Ballingarry), Paul Browne (Bruff); Conor Allis (Croom), James Ryan (Garryspillane), David Reidy (Dromin/Athlacca); Graeme Mulcahy (Kilmallock), Kevin Downes (Na Piarsaigh), Thomas O Brien (Patrickswell).

Subs: Nickie Quaid, (Effin), Alan Dempsey (Na Piarsaigh), Philip O Loughlin (Kilmallock), Dan Morrissey (Ahane), Cathal King (Na Piarsaigh), John Fitzgibbon (Adare), Cathal McNamara (Doon), Séan Tobin (Murroe/Boher), Tommy Quaid (Effin), Michael Ryan (Doon), Shane Dowling (Na Piarsaigh).

OFFALY: James Dempsey (Kinnitty), Niall Wynne (St Rynagh’s), Rory Hanniffy (Birr), James Rigney (Kinnitty); Cathal Parlon (Coolderry), Ger Healion (Kilcormac-Killoughey), Mark Egan (Belmont); Peter Geraghty (Kilcormac-Killoughey), Thomas Geraghty (Kilcormac-Killoughey); Joe Bergin (Seir Kieran), Conor Mahon (Kilcormac-Killoughey), Shane Dooley (Tullamore); Brian Carroll (Coolderry), Dan Currams (Kilcormac-Killoughey), Kevin Connolly (Coolderry).

Here are the Waterford, Dublin and Galway hurling teams before this weekend’s games

Forward thinking Ollie Canning happy to end up where he started for Portumna