“As it’s our first outing in the championship, I don’t know how good we are”, said Davis. “On paper we have a very good team and have played a lot of challenge games but it all boils down to how you perform on the night.
“Naturally I would have preferred if our two senior hurlers were available to start but John Gardiner is carrying an injury while Setanta Ó hAilpín is being rested. However, both will be on the bench.
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