Team news: Cahill springs McGarry surprise, Cork and Dublin stick, Clifford returns 

The St Mary's man makes his first start for Tipperary against Galway.
Team news: Cahill springs McGarry surprise, Cork and Dublin stick, Clifford returns 

Peter McGarry of Tipperary in action against Tom Cuddy of Laois during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Laois and Tipperary at Laois Hire O'Moore in Portlaoise, Laois. Photo by Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

Peter McGarry is a surprise inclusion in the Tipperary team to play Galway in Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final.

The St Mary's man made his first senior hurling championship appearance as a substitute against Laois last weekend and impressed and has now been named to start in midfield. He was part of the senior football set-up last year.

Willie Connors also keeps his place in the Tipp engine room after contributing five points from play against Laois. 

Jake Morris returns to the Tipp attack at wing forward, with Andrew Ormond remaining at 11. Eoghan Connolly also returns after missing the Laois game, with Seamus Kennedy, Joe Caesar and Alan Tynan dropping to the bench. 

Exiting the matchday squad is Joe Fogarty.

Captain Brian Hurley is set to lead Cork on the field for the third consecutive game as John Cleary has named the same team that began last weekend’s win over Roscommon for tomorrow’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final against Dublin.

Paul Walsh went off injured with a muscle issue after scoring a point in Portlaoise but he is included to begin the knock-out game in Croke Park.

Cork have been known to make 11th hour changes to teams but the team announced for that final round group win over Roscommon commenced that match.

From last year’s preliminary quarter-final defeat to Louth, there are six changes to the starting side. Rory Maguire and Ruairí Deane, who began that loss in Inniskeen, are on the bench.

Meanwhile, Dublin have also named an identical team to the one that started their previous game against Derry last weekend.

Elsewhere, Brian Ó Beaglaoich, Diarmuid O’Connor and Seán O’Shea return to the Kerry team for Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final against Cavan in Killarney.

Paudie Clifford is named among the substitutes but Paul Geaney is not in the match-day 26.

Paudie Clifford of Kerry in action against Paul Walsh of Cork. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
Paudie Clifford of Kerry in action against Paul Walsh of Cork. Photo by David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

In all, Jack O’Connor makes five personnel changes from the team that started last Saturday’s final round game defeat to Meath. Conor Geaney also included along with Seán O’Brien.

Tadhg Morley, Mark O’Shea, Micheál Burns and Killian Spillane move to the bench but Tony Brosnan is absent from the squad.

Diarmuid O’Connor has missed the last two games having returned from a shoulder injury to face Roscommon in Fitzgerald Stadium. He had been unavailable for two months prior to that comeback following a stunning run of form in the league. Ó Beaglaoich and O’Shea were excluded from the panel that faced Meath for precautionary reasons.

Paudie Clifford served a one-match suspension in the Munster final but did not feature until the second round All-Ireland SFC win over Cork when he was replaced prior to half-time with a muscle strain.

Meanwhile, Shane O’Brien is the only player missing from Limerick’s Munster SHC final squad as John Kiely has named the same team that began that agonising defeat to Cork for Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Dublin.

Effin’s Fergal O’Connor comes in for O’Brien on the bench for the trip to Croke Park as Aidan O’Connor is set to continue in the full-forward line.

Twelve of the team that began Limerick's previous visit to Croke Park, last year's All-Ireland semi-final loss to Cork, are named to start. Due to injury, Barry Nash was one of the absentees 11 months ago Dublin’s released team sees Paddy Dunleavy and John Hetherton replaced by Andrew Dunphy and Conor Burke from the side that comprehensively defeated Kildare in last Saturday’s preliminary quarter-final.

Elsewhere, Galway’s announced team to face Down in Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-final in Newry features Cian Hernon and Paul Conroy in place of Jack Glynn and Peter Cooke. Damien Comer is included among the substitutes.

Micheál Donoghue’s Galway team shows two personnel changes from the team that commenced the Leinster SHC final defeat to Kilkenny.

Darach Fahy returns to goals following his suspension while Fintan Burke is ruled out, as reported by the Irish Examiner, and Darren Morrissey takes his place at corner-back.

On the bench, goalkeeper Darragh Walsh remains following the injury sustained by Éanna Murphy in Croke Park earlier this month.

KERRY (SFC v Cavan): S. Ryan; P. Murphy, J. Foley, T. O’Sullivan; B. Ó Beaglaoich, M. Breen, G. White (c); J. O’Connor, S. O’Brien; D. O’Connor, S. O’Shea, G. O’Sullivan; D. Clifford, C. Geaney, D. Geaney. 

Subs: S. Murphy, D. Casey, K. Spillane, T. Morley, A. Heinrich, M. Burns, E. Looney, T.L. O’Sullivan, M. O’Shea, P. Clifford, D. Moynihan.

LIMERICK (SHC v Dublin): N. Quaid; S. Finn, D. Morrissey, M. Casey; D. Byrnes, K. Hayes, B. Nash; A. English, W. O’Donoghue; G. Hegarty, C. Lynch (c), T. Morrissey; A. Gillane, A. O’Connor, D. Reidy. 

Subs: S. Dowling, P. Casey, C. Coughlan, S. Flanagan, D. Hannon, B. Murphy, F. O’Connor, D. Ó Dalaigh, D. O’Donovan, P. O’Donovan, C. O’Neill.

DUBLIN (SHC v Limerick): S. Brennan; J. Bellew, P. Smyth, C. McHugh; P. Doyle, C. Crummey (c), A. Dunphy; C. Burke, B. Hayes; R. McBride, F. Whitely, C. O’Sullivan; S. Currie, R. Hayes, D. Ó Dúlaing. 

Subs: E. Gibbons, D. Burke, C. Currie, P. Dunleavy, D. Gray, J. Hetherton, A.J. Murphy, D. Lucey, J. Madden, J. O’Dea, D. Power.

GALWAY (SFC v Down): C. Flaherty; J. McGrath, S. Fitzgerald, L. Silke; D. McHugh, S. Kelly (c), C. Hernon; P. Conroy, J. Maher; C. Darcy, M. Tierney, C. McDaid; R. Finnerty, S. Walsh, M. Thompson. 

Subs: C. Gleeson, J. Glynn, C. Sweeney, S. Ó Maoilchiaráin, D. O’Flaherty, J. Daly, P. Cooke, K. Molloy, T. Culhane, J. Heaney, D. Comer.

CORK (SFC v Dublin): M.A. Martin; S. Meehan, D. O’Mahony, M. Shanley; B. O’Driscoll, S. Brady, M. Taylor; I. Maguire, C. O’Callaghan; P. Walsh, S. Walsh, S. McDonnell; M. Cronin, B. Hurley (c), C. Jones. 

Subs: P. Doyle, N. Lordan, R. Maguire, S. Powter, L. Fahy, C. Cahalane, E. McSweeney, R. Deane, C. Corbett, C. O’Mahony, H. O’Connor.

DUBLIN (SFC v Cork): S. Cluxton; T. Clancy, S. MacMahon, D. Byrne; B. Howard, J. Small, L. Gannon; P. Ó Cofaigh-Byrne, C. Kilkenny; K. McGinnis, S. Bugler, N. Scully; P. Small, C. O’Callaghan (c), C. Costello. 

Subs: E. Comerford, L. Breathnach, N. Doran, A. Gavin, T. Lahiff, G. McEneaney, R. McGarry, E. Murchan, C. Murphy, L. O’Dell, E. O’Donnell.

TIPPERARY (SHC v Galway): R. Shelly; R. Doyle, E. Connolly, M. Breen; C. Morgan, R. Maher (c), B. O’Mara; W. Connors, P. McGarry; J. Morris, A. Ormond, S. O’Farrell; D. McCarthy, J. McGrath, J. Forde. 

Subs: B. Hogan, J. Caesar, S. Kenneally, S. Kennedy, B. McGrath, N. McGrath, O. O’Donoghue, J. Ryan, C. Stakelum, D. Stakelum, A. Tynan.

GALWAY (SHC v Tipperary):D. Fahy; P. Mannion, D. Burke, D. Morrissey; C. Fahy, G. Lee, TJ Brennan; S. Linnane, D. Burke; J. Fleming, C. Mannion, T. Monaghan; C. Whelan (c), B. Concannon, K. Cooney.

Subs: D. Walsh, J. Grealish, D. Loftus, R. Glennon, R. Burke, C. Cooney, T. Killeen, A. Burns, D. McLaughlin, J. Flynn, C. Molloy.

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