CORK hurling manager Denis Walsh has rang the changes for his sides Allianz HL clash with Dublin at Páirc Ui Chaoimh tomorrow with 10 changes from the side surprisingly beaten away to Wexford a fortnight ago.

SHANE O’NEILL was last night named as the new Cork senior hurling captain for the coming season with manager Denis Walsh describing him as the ‘ideal choice’ for the position.

CORK hurling captain Kieran ‘Fraggy’ Murphy vowed he and his team-mates will “regroup and go again” following their defeat on Saturday night in the Munster final replay.

CORK hurling captain Kieran ‘Fraggy’ Murphy says “over the last few years fellas were used to a free-flowing games between Cork and Waterford, but on Sunday it was a lot tighter, a lot more tactical around the middle of the field. Players were finding it hard to get a bit of space — that was true of both teams.”

Cork 0-18 Kilkenny 1-13

TWO rounds of the 2010 National Hurling League behind them, two wins recorded, it’s all about to become a little more serious for Cork hurling captain Kieran ‘Fraggy’ Murphy.

CORK hurling manager Denis Walsh may not remind many observers of Santa Claus, but his new captain might disagree.

TEN of the Cork team that started in last August’s semi-final defeat to Kilkenny, were named in the starting 15 last night for Cork’s NHL Division One trip to Clare on Sunday.

IT NOW seems garlic and a wooden stake will be necessary to finish Cork. The men in red overcame a nine-point deficit to reel in Clare in yesterday’s All-Ireland quarter-final, a stunning turnaround which looked out of the question at half-time.

“VERY happy,” declared Cork manager Gerald McCarthy following last night’s senior hurling challenge win over Waterford, “especially in the circumstances in which we found ourselves.

Cork’s squad for next Sunday’s NHL semi-final with Galway could be bolstered by the return of Ronan Curran, Jerry O’Connor and Joe Deane.

The Cork hurling team to face Dublin in Parnell Park on Sunday will feature a number of new faces.