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Tipperary stick with same 15, two Kilkenny changes

Tipperary stick with same 15, two Kilkenny changes

Irish Examiner20 hours ago
Liam Cahill has announced the same side that began the All-Ireland quarter-final win over Galway for Sunday's semi-final against Kilkenny in Croke Park.
Debutant midfielder Peter McGarry was replaced by Darragh Stakelum at half-time in that eight-point win in TUS Gaelic Grounds but is named in the team to face the Cats, Tipp's first SHC meeting with their neighbours since the 2019 All-Ireland final.
The substitutes bench remains the same too as from the off Cahill goes with four of the team that began the 2019 decider – Michael Breen, captain Ronan Maher, John McGrath and Jason Forde. Another two – Seamus Kennedy and Noel McGrath – are among the reserves.
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Derek Lyng has made two changes to his Kilkenny side, with fit-again Eoin Cody coming in as well as Shane Murphy. Tommy Walsh and Stephen Donnelly drop to the bench.
Dublin made two changes to their named side for Saturday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Cork.
Conor Donohoe and Darragh Power come into the team for suspended captain Chris Crummey and Diarmaid Ó Dúlaing.
Donohoe is free to play have serving a two-match suspension from a retrospective penalty following the Leinster final round defeat to Galway in Parnell Park in May, while Fingallians man Power, who was a used substitute in the quarter-final win over Limerick, comes into the forward line for Ó Dúlaing.
TIPPERARY (SHC v Kilkenny): R. Shelly, R. Doyle, E. Connolly, M. Breen; C. Morgan, R. Maher (c), B. O'Mara; W. Connors, P. McGarry; J. Morris, A. Ormond, S. O'Farrell; D. McCarthy, J. McGrath, J. Forde.
Subs: B. Hogan, J. Caesar, S. Kenneally, S. Kennedy, B. McGrath, N. McGrath, O. O'Donoghue, J. Ryan, C. Stakelum, D. Stakelum, A. Tynan.
KILKENNY (SHC v Tipperary): E. Murphy; M. Butler, H. Lawlor, S. Murphy; M. Carey, R. Reid, P. Deegan; C Kenny, J Molloy; A. Mullen, J. Donnelly (c), B. Ryan; M. Keoghan, T. J. Reid, E. Cody.
Subs: A. Tallis, T. Walsh, D. Blanchfield, P. Moylan, K. Doyle, ZB Hammond, F. Mackessy, S. Donnelly, L. Hogan, L. Connellan, B. Drennan.
DUBLIN (SHC v Cork): S. Brennan; J. Bellew, P. Smyth, C. McHugh; P. Doyle, C. Burke (c), A. Dunphy; C. Donohoe, B. Hayes; R. McBride, F. Whitely, D. Power; S. Currie, R. Hayes, C. O'Sullivan.
Subs: E. Gibbons, D. Burke, C. Currie, P. Dunleavy, D. Gray, J. Hetherton, A.J. Murphy, D. Lucey, P. O'Dea, D. Ó Dúlaing, C. Ó Riain.
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