Cork name 10 starters from All-Ireland final for league opener against Waterford

Sunday's game between Cork and Waterford throws in at 3:45pm. It will also be broadcast live on TG4.

New Cork hurling captain Darragh Fitzgibbon will make his first appearance of the season against Waterford. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

New Cork hurling manager Ben O'Connor has named his team for Sunday's opening round of the National League against Waterford at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. 

The starting side features 10 players who started last summer's All-Ireland final defeat to Tipperary. 

The retired Patrick Horgan, along with Eoin Downey, Ciarán Joyce, Tim O'Mahony and Brian Hayes are those not involved who lined out against Tipp. William Buckley of St Finbarr's is set to make his debut. Sunday's game throws in at 3:45pm. It will also be broadcast live on TG4.

Galway will aim for a measure of revenge for their championship quarter-final defeat to Tipperary last June when they face the reigning All-Ireland champions at Semple Stadium on Saturday (7pm throwin). Castlegar's Darragh Neary, Clarinbrige's Aaron Niland, and Athenry's Jason Rabbitte are all set to make their league debuts. 

CORK (NHL v Waterford): P Collins (Ballinhassig); N O’Leary (Castleyons), D O’Leary (Watergrasshill), S O’Donoghue (Inniscarra); C O’Brien (Newtownshandrum), R Downey (Glen Rovers), M Coleman (Blarney); T O’Connell (Midleton), D Fitzgibbon (Charleville); B Roche (Bride Rovers), S Barrett (Blarney), D Healy (Lisgoold); W Buckley (St Finbarr’s), D Dalton (Fr O’Neill’s), A Connolly (Blackrock)

Subs: P O’Sullivan (Fr O’Neill’s), G Millerick (Fr O’Neill’s), E Roche (Bride Rovers), D O’Sullivan (Ballinhassig), E Twomey (St Finbarr’s), M Mullins (Glen Rovers), B O’Sullivan (Kanturk), H O’Connor (Newmarket), S Harnedy (St Ita’s), R O’Flynn (Erin’s Own), A Walsh (Kanturk)

WATERFORD: B Nolan, D Lalor, C Prunty (C), C Keane, I Daly, M Fitzgerald, J Fagan, D Lyons, J Barron, S Walsh, S Bennett, R Halloran, S Mackey, J Power, C Treen 

Subs: A Reade, B Lynch, PJ Fanning, M Power, S Fitzgerald, T Barron, M Kiely, C Lyons, T O’Connell, J Twomey, J Booth

GALWAY (NHL v Tipperary):

D Fahy, J Ryan, D Burke, D Morrissey, P Mannion, C Trayers, D Loftus, G Lee, T Monaghan, D Neary, R Burke, J Fleming, A Niland, J Rabbitte, D McLaughlin

Subs: S O’Halloran, S Murphy, R Glennon, C Daniels, TJ Brennan, S Linnane, C Mannion, E Niland, P Mac Cárthaigh, C Molloy, C Whelan

KERRY (NHL v Derry): C Bohane; K O’Connor, S McGrath, E Leen; J O’Connor (C), J Diggins, M Leane; A Segal, K Goulding; T Doyle, C Walsh, R Walsh; M Slattery, D Casey, O Maunsell 

Subs: D Quirke, J Brick, S Foran, I Conway, L Rochford, L Óg O’Connor, D Kearney, H Lenihan, K Carmody, D Slattery, C Litchfield