Key trio return for Rebels

Cork scoring talisman Colin Corkery, Brendan Jer O'Sullivan and Nicholas Murphy return to the side to face Clare in their all-Munster football qualifier tie tomorrow in Cusack Park, Ennis.

Corkery and O'Sullivan were forced to sit out the Munster semi-final defeat to provincial champions Kerry due to suspension, while Murphy didn't start the game, but made a second-half appearance.

Corkery lines out at full-forward, with O'Sullivan to his left and Murphy chosen at midfield, in place of Ciaran O’Sullivan, Kevin O’Sullivan and Noel O’Leary respectively.

There are no places for star defender Anthony Lynch or Philip Clifford. Both failed to recover sufficiently from injury to make the starting XV.

Martin Cronin moves to left half-back, while Gary Murphy moves from there to the left corner and Graham Canty takes over at centre-back.

Diarmuid Hurley will partner Murphy at midfield.

Micheál Ó Croinin makes way for Corkery by moving to centre-forward and Conor McCarthy moves to his left.

Clare, who celebrated a shock win over Sligo in the last qualifying round, announced their line-up on Tuesday night.

CORK (v Clare): K O’Dwyer; S O’Brien, D Kavanagh, G Murphy; E Sexton G Canty, M Cronin; D Hurley, N Murphy; A Cronin, M Ó Cróinin, C McCarthy; C Crowley (capt), C Corkery, BJ O’Sullivan.

CLARE (v Cork): D O'Brien; P Gallagher, C Whelan, K Dilleen; P Slattery, B Considine, A Clohessy; David Russell, G Quinlan; E Coughlan, Denis Russell, O O'Dwyer; S Hickey, M O'Sullivan, M O'Dwyer.