Fresh faces in Tipp line-up

Tipperary hurling boss Ken Hogan has named three debutants in his side to face Offaly in the National League on Sunday.

There are six changes in all from the side that lost to Kilkenny in last year's All-Ireland semi-final, with David Kennedy and Michael Phelan named in defence.

Elsewhere, Ger 'Redser' O'Grady and former Cats skipper Denis Byrne both start, with Shane Maher and Seamus Butler making the grade.

Tipperary (SH v Offaly): B Cummins; T Costelloe, D Kennedy, M Phelan; E Corcoran, J Carroll, P Kelly; D Byrne, E Enright; B O'Meara, S Maher, B Dunne; S Butler, G O'Grady, E Kelly.