Pat Ryan names four debutants in Cork team to take on Limerick 

The Rebels host the All-Ireland champions in their league campaign opener on Saturday night.

Cork’s Cormac Beausang with Aaron Costello of Limerick during the recent Co-op Superstores Munster Senior Hurling League clash. Picture: INPHO/Evan Treacy

New Cork manager Pat Ryan has included eight of the team that lost last year’s All-Ireland quarter-final to Galway for Saturday’s Allianz Division 1 Group A clash with Limerick.

Another two, Noel O’Leary and Shane Kingston, are included on the bench as Ryan has named 10 of the side that beat Tipperary in last Sunday week’s Munster Senior Hurling League final.