MUNSTER SENIOR WINNERS James Ryan and Paudie O’Brien have not been named in the first Limerick senior hurling squad selected by new manager John Kiely, but there is a recall for attacker Seanie Tobin.
Kiely, who has taken over from TJ Ryan, has released his primary 39-man Limerick panel ahead of a 2017 season which will see them feature in Division 1B of the Allianz hurling league and face Clare in the Munster semi-final.
Garryspillane player Ryan and Kilmallock’s O’Brien are two well-known players not included with both starting in the 2013 Munster senior final triumph against Cork. Ryan is understood to be considering his inter-county future.
Murroe-Boher forward Tobin also played in that game but returns to the panel after departing last March due to a lack of game time in the spring.
Wayne McNamara has retired since the 2016 championship concluded while forward Kevin Downes is a long-term absentee after tearing his cruciate ligament injury.
New players that have been named include Kyle Hayes, who captained Limerick in September’s All-Ireland minor hurling final, and Stephen Cahill, who lined out for the Limerick senior footballers this summer.
Robbie Hanley and Robbie Egan – who played for Kilmallock in the 2015 All-Ireland senior club final – along with 2016 All-Ireland club victor with Na Piarsaigh, Peter Casey, are also drafted in.
Seamus Flanagan (Feohanagh-Castlemahon) and Lorcan Lyons (Monaleen) are other promising youngsters that are called up.
Kiely has included the entire Limerick starting side that he steered to glory in the 2015 All-Ireland U21 final victory against Wexford.
The panel is likely to be open-ended with club commitments set to potentially dictate involvement in the early stages of the 2017 season as Patrickswell and Monaleen are both featuring in Munster club clashes next Sunday.
Limerick Hurling Panel
- Declan Hannon (Adare)
- John Fitzgibbon (Adare)
- Dan Morrissey (Ahane)
- Tom Morrissey (Ahane)
- Richie McCarthy (Blackrock)
- Paul Browne (Bruff)
- Sean Finn (Bruff)
- Richie English (Doon)
- Pat Ryan (Doon)
- Darragh O’Donovan (Doon)
- Nicky Quaid (Effin)
- Seamus Flanagan (Feoghanagh/Castlemahon)
- David McCarthy (Glenroe)
- Kyle Hayes (Kildimo/Pallaskenry)
- Barry O’Connell (Kildimo/Pallaskenry)
- Gavin O’Mahoney (Kilmallock)
- Barry Hennessy (Kilmallock)
- Graeme Mulcahy (Kilmallock)
- Robbie Egan (Kilmallock)
- Robbie Hanley (Kilmallock)
- Tom Condon (Knockaderry)
- Andrew La Touche Cosgrave (Monaleen)
- Lorcan Lyons (Monaleen)
- Seamus Hickey (Murroe/Boher)
- Seanie Tobin (Murroe/Boher)
- Alan Dempsey (Na Piarsaigh)
- Shane Dowling (Na Piarsaigh)
- Ronan Lynch (Na Piarsaigh)
- Michael Casey (Na Piarsaigh)
- Peter Casey (Na Piarsaigh)
- David Dempsey (Na Piarsaigh)
- Colin Ryan (Pallasgreen)
- Seanie O’Brien (Patrickswell)
- Diarmaid Byrnes (Patrickswell)
- Kevin O’Brien (Patrickswell)
- Cian Lynch (Patrickswell)
- Barry Nash (South Liberties)
- Gearóid Hegarty (St. Patrick’s)
- Stephen Cahill (Tournafulla)
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“The Aviva Stadium is expected to be at a reduced capacity for the game, in the region of 27,000, although that could change in the event of exceptional demand” surely that’s how it is with moat teams? I’d imagine there will be a lot more of a demand than the 27,000 capacity anyway.
@Dave Murray: I would have thought that certain sections will not be used with restricted capacity, resulting in a smaller staff requirement. If they put all 52k tickets on sale, all sections will have to be available and therefore full match day costs applied.
@Paul Ennis: I get that, just thought it(a little)odd that they would announce a 27,000 capacity restriction before tickets are on sale to the public and see what the demand is etc. But I guess with a short turn around and Easter weekend it could be harder to shift 50,000 tickets and get staff in like you said.
@Dave Murray: EPRC also organising the game rather than Leinster, and they’re shit at running things.
Without being presumptuous – is the semi final
Draw already planned out?
@Daithi Mc Ghiollamhairtin: Yeah. Leinster/Leicester v Toulouse/Sharks and La Rochelle/Salarycens v Exeter/Stormers
@baz dunne: many thanks
@baz dunne: Salarycens hahaha
5 day turnaround with the knock on effect of potential reduced capacity due to the limited timeframe is a great reward for going through as top seed. This is an absolute joke
@Rob Doyle: Your prize for top seed is its at “home” or at least 10mins down the road from it, so be thankful you’re not coming from Welford Rd with a week to plan it!! it does feel too near, be better if a 2 week gap but all the teams that are through are in the same scenario regardless of they seeding. 27k is an average sized rugby stadium, crucially it’s circa 10k more than full RDS capacity, and the fans all know the weekends of the semis well in advance, if not the exact day. I’m not overjoyed by a half full Aviva myself but it is what it is.
Real shame it’s not in a packed RDS, a half full Aviva sucks.
I think we’ll Leinster, Sharks, Stormers, and La Rochelle in the semis.
@Brenda Collins: 3 from URC? they’ll be due an ol restructure soon enough so.