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In Cork’s five league outings this season, none of the team selections have come remotely close to resembling the line-up from the county’s final championship outing of 2022.

BACK IN RED: Cork's Alan Cadogan, who made his first start of the campaign against Clare, with Aaron Fitzgerald of Clare. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

The Cork team that fell to Galway in last June’s All-Ireland quarter-final read as follows: Patrick Collins; Niall O’Leary, Damien Cahalane, Sean O’Donoghue; Rob Downey, Ciarán Joyce, Mark Coleman; Darragh Fitzgibbon, Luke Meade; Robbie O’Flynn, Seamus Harnedy, Shane Kingston; Tim O’Mahony, Alan Connolly, Conor Lehane.

Replacements used were Patrick Horgan, Jack O’Connor, Ger Millerick, Alan Cadogan, and Tommy O’Connell.