Cork make two changes as Coleman and Harnedy start for Clare championship opener

Pat Ryan’s selection shows just one change to the team that began last year’s All-Ireland final extra-time defeat against this weekend’s opponents

TEAM NEWS: Séamus Harnedy and Mark Coleman come into the starting XV for Cork. Pic: ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Injury to Cormac O’Brien sees Mark Coleman reclaim the Cork No.7 shirt for the county’s Munster championship opener away to Clare.

Coleman’s return to the half-back line is one of two changes to the Cork team that comfortably overcame Tipperary in the League final two weeks ago, the other personnel switch seeing Seámus Harnedy come in for young Diarmuid Healy.