Downes set to start for Limerick in Tipp test

Kevin Downes will make his first competitive start in two and a half years for the Limerick hurlers in tomorrow’s Allianz league Division 1A clash with Tipperary.

The 27-year old, who was an unused sub during last year’s championship and missed the 2017 campaign because of injury, is named at full-forward for the visit of Tipperary to the Gaelic Grounds. Downes last featured for Limerick on July 9 of 2016, that being the evening of the county’s qualifier defeat to Clare.