Hartley and Mullane return for Waterford
Hartley’s return will be especially welcomed, given that he had been seriously contemplating retirement from the inter county scene.
The naming of Mullane in his customary position in attack comes after a traumatic investigation by the GAA’s Games Administration Committee into an alleged incident in a club game involving his own De La Salle and Mooncoin of Kilkenny last year. A final decision on that investigation was to have been announced on Wednesday night but has been deferred until next week.