Three changes apiece for Cork & Waterford for the Allianz League final

Kieran Kingston and Liam Cahill have both made three changes to their sides from their semi-final victories ahead of tomorrow night’s showdown in Semple Stadium

Fri, 01 Apr, 2022 - 19:49

John Coleman

Cork manager Kieran Kingston has made three changes in personnel to his team ahead of tomorrow night’s Allianz NHL final against Waterford in FBD Semple Stadium.

An injury to Dáire O’Leary has forced a reshuffle in defence with Seán O’Donoghue and Tim O’Mahony returning while Niall O’Leary drops to the bench.

There are also positional changes with Ciarán Joyce moving back into the full back line to accommodate the return of Newtownshandrum’s O’Mahony.

Up front, Shane Kingston loses out with Séamus Harnedy returning to the half forward line as Cork go in search of their first NHL title since 1998 when they defeated Waterford in Thurles.

Waterford manager Liam Cahill, meanwhile, has made three changes to his team that defeated Wexford in the Allianz NHL semi-final last weekend ahead of tomorrow night’s showdown against Cork in FBD Semple Stadium.

Conor Prunty returns to the side at full-back in place of Iarlaith Daly while up front, Stephen Bennett comes in for Colin Dunford.

Austin Gleeson misses out through suspension after he saw red last weekend and Calum Lyons takes his place at midfield next to his namesake, Darragh, as Waterford go in search of their first league title since 2015 when they defeated Cork at the same venue.

CORK: P Collins; S O’Donoghue, D Cahalane, C Joyce; T O’Mahony, M Coleman, R Downey; D Fitzgibbon, G Millerick, R O’Flynn, S Barrett, S Harnedy; C Lehane, A Connolly, P Horgan.

WATERFORD: S. O’Brien; C. Gleeson, C Prunty, S. McNulty; J. Fagan, T. de Burca, C. Daly; D. Lyons, C. Lyons; N. Montgomery, J. Prendergast, P. Curran; D. Hutchinson, S. Bennett, M Kiely.