Cork and Tipperary stars to line out in Hurling for Cancer Research match

Jim Bolger's Stars will be managed by Liam Griffin and John Kiely while Brian Cody and Liam Cahill will take charge of the Davy Russell's Best team.

The Hurling for Cancer Research match throws in at 7:30pm on Monday, August 18 at Netwatch Cullen Park. Pic: ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

2025 All-Ireland winners Andrew Ormond, Noel McGrath, Darragh McCarthy, Jake Morris and Craig Morgan will be among those to line out in this year's Hurling for Cancer Research match which will be played on August 18 at Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow. 

The Tipperary stars will be joined by Cork's Eoin Downey, Brian Hayes and Patrick Horgan along with Clare's Peter Duggan and Mark Rodgers on the Davy Russell's Best side which will be jointly managed by Liam Cahill and Brian Cody.

They will face a Jim Bolger's Stars team featuring Kilkenny's Mikey Butler, Huw Lawlor, Paddy Deegan, TJ Reid and Eoin Cody along with Limerick's Darragh O'Donovan, Dan Morrissey and Tom Morrissey. Intriguingly, the full-forward line will have Dublin footballer and Cuala hurler Con O'Callaghan alongside Cody and young Offaly star Adam Screeney. Lee Chin will also play for a team managed by Liam Griffin and John Kiely. 

Monday night's match, which is now sponsored by Centra and will be broadcast live on TG4, throws in at 7:30pm. All funds raised from ticket sales and donations will go to the Irish Cancer Society. Tickets, which are €10 for adults and €5 for children, are available through Centra and SuperValu and online at www.hurlingforcancer.ie.

Jim Bolger's Stars

Damien Fitzhenry (Wexford), Mikey Butler (Kilkenny), Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny), Paddy Deegan (Kilkenny), Darragh O’Donovan (Limerick), Dan Morrissey (Limerick), Chris Crummy (Dublin), Lee Chin (Wexford), Ryan Taylor (Clare), Rory O’Connor (Wexford), TJ Reid (Kilkenny), Tom Morrissey (Limerick); Eoin Cody (Kilkenny), Con O’Callaghan (Dublin), Adam Screeney (Offaly)

Subs: Liam Hoare (Offaly), Walter Walsh (Kilkenny), Jack O’Connor (Wexford), Fergal Whitely (Dublin), Conor Mc Donald (Wexford), Brian Duignan (Offaly), Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny), Jackie Tyrrell (Kilkenny), Brian Carroll (Offaly), Aidan Mc Carthy (Clare), Eoin Ryan (Wexford), Eddie Brennan (Kilkenny), Grace Walsh (Kilkenny), Katie Nolan (Kilkenny),  Stephen Hunt (Waterford), Mark Molloy (Wexford), Brian Cadigan (Kilkenny), James Dowling (Kilkenny), Richie Reid (Kilkenny), Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny), Dan Bourke (Offaly), Ollie Canning (Galway), Sammy Mc Evoy (Wexford)

Davy Russell’s Best

Brendan Cummins (Tipperary), Davy Russell (Cork), Eoin Downey (Cork), Dion Wall (Carlow), Alan Tynan (Tipperary), Robert Downey (Cork), Andrew Ormond (Tipperary);, Noel Mc Grath (Tipperary), Brendan Maher (Tipperary), Jake Morris (Tipperary), Peter Duggan (Clare), Mark Rodgers (Clare), Darragh Mc Carthy (Tipperary), Patrick Horgan (Cork), Brian Hayes (Cork)

Subs: Brian Tracey (Carlow), Craig Morgan (Tipperary), Ronan Hayes (Dublin), Brian Hayes (Dublin), Rian Boran (Kildare), Jack Sheridan (Kildare), Billy Seymour (Tipperary), Ciaran Whelan (Carlow), Ashling Thompson (Cork), Laura Murphy (Kilkenny), Mary O’Connell (Kilkenny), David Doyle (Tipperary), Mikey Fogarty (Wexford), Johnny Fogarty (Wexford), Neil Ryan (Tipperary) Gavin Dowling (Kildare), Liz Lawless (Meath), Aisling O’Reilly (Meath), Killian Doyle (Kilkenny), Michael Deady (Kilkenny), Sean Carroll (Kilkenny)