Cork and Tipp changes

Following their heavy defeat by All-Ireland champions Kilkenny in the Allianz Hurling League final, Cork manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has made six changes to the starting 15 for Sunday’s Munster SHC semi-final against Tipperary.

Out go keeper Martin Coleman, defenders Stephen McDonnell and Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, midfielder John Gardiner and forwards Luke O’Farrell and Niall McCarthy (inj.), in come Anthony Nash, Conor O’Sullivan, Tom Kenny, teenager Darren Sweetnam (his championship debut), and Newtownshandrum teammates Cathal Naughton and Jamie Coughlan.

Tipperary too have rung the changes, manager Declan Ryan and his co-selectors retaining Conor O’Brien, Shane McGrath and Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher, all of whom came on and played well in the final-quarter win over Limerick in the quarter-final, in place of Donagh Maher, James Woodlock and the vastly experienced Eoin Kelly, all of whom were replaced in that game.