Rebels ring the changes

There’s no complacency in Cork after their opening league win over Tipperary two weeks ago, manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy and his selectors ringing the changes and using the opportunity to try out several new faces and combinations.

The recent Fitzgibbon Cup activity took its toll on the Cork panel, UCC again going all the way, and three players who took a full part in the two games last weekend (semi-final and final) are rested here.

First the positional switches, with Lorcán McLoughlin going from midfield to centre-back, Christopher Joyce (who excelled at centre-back against Tipperary) moved to the wing. William Egan is the one to lose out here, rested after his heroics in UCC’s Fitzgibbon Cup win.