No Browne but Déise start four debutants
Manager Michael Ryan’s selection features four championship debutants — goalkeeper Stephen O’Keeffe, defenders Stephen Daniels and Philip Mahony and corner-forward Gavin O’Brien.
It’s not the first time Browne has been a surprise omission from a Waterford team — in 2004 he withdrew from the Munster SHC clash with Waterford on the morning of the game but that was down to a leg injury.