Waterford banking on debutants against Clare

Waterford had four championship debutants against Clare last year in the first round of the Munster championship. This Sunday against the same opposition, they unveil three more in Paudie Prendergast, Jamie Barron and Jake Dillon.

In fact, manager Michael Ryan and his selectors have made ten changes in all from this game last year, most of those enforced, leaving veteran centre-forward Seamus Prendergast surrounded by youngsters.

On his right, Maurice Shanahan, younger brother of former hurler of the year, Dan, on his left another youngster in Brian O’Halloran, and the full-forward line is a trio of tyros, Jamie Barron, Pauric Mahony and Jake Dillon.