Deise unchanged for must-win tie

Waterford manager Justin McCarthy has resisted the temptation to tinker with his side ahead of Sunday's must-win All-Ireland SHC qualifier with Clare.

If the Deise lose their final Group 2 tie, they are certain to face Kilkenny, the country's form side, in the All-Ireland quarter-finals at the end of the month.

With his charges having hit 5-43 so far in the qualifiers, McCarthy is wont to alter the balance of his side.

There is one positional switch for Waterford for the Cusack Park trip - Paul Flynn and Eoin McGrath swap places on the left flank of attack.

Clare have made one change - Barry Nugent is unavailable due to injury, and is replaced at centre half forward by Oggonelloe's David Forde.

CLARE (SHC v Waterford): D Fitzgerald; F Lohan, B Lohan, G O'Grady; C Forde, S MacMahon, G Quinn; B O'Connell, C Lynch; D MacMahon, D Forde, A Markham; T Carmody, N Gilligan, T Griffin.

WATERFORD: S Brenner; T Feeney, F Hartley, J Murray; T Browne, K McGrath, E Murphy; B Phelan, E Kelly (capt); D Shanahan, ML Walsh, E McGrath; J Mullane, S Prendergast, P Flynn.