Cork make nine changes for clash with Kilkenny

Killeagh's Barry Walsh will start for Cork against Kilkenny on Sunday Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Cork manager Ben O'Connor has made nine changes to his side for Sunday's National Hurling League meeting with Kilkenny from the team which defeated Tipperary three weeks ago.

Paudie O'Sullivan, Niall O'Leary, Ciarán Joyce, Cormac O'Brien, Tim O'Mahony, Tommy O'Connell, Hugh O'Connor, Brian Hayes and Barry Walsh come into the team. 

Patrick Collins, Ger Millerick, Robert Downey, Mark Coleman, Micheál Mullins, Ethan Twomey, Shane Barrett, Diarmuid Healy, and Declan Dalton are those to miss out. Millerick, Mullins, and Twomey are on the bench.

Barrett is serving a ban after being sent off against Tipperary while Downey, Coleman, Healy and Dalton have injuries.

There is also a place on the bench for Pádraig Power. The Blarney forward suffered a knee injury during a league game against Limerick last year.

Sunday's game at Nowlan Park throws in at 3:15pm.

Kerry have made three games to their team for Monaghan's visit to the Kingdom. Paul Murphy, Eddie Healy, and Paudie Clifford come in while Evan Looney, Cillian Trant and Micheál Burns drop out of the team which started the victory over Dublin. 

CORK (NHL v Kilkenny): P O’Sullivan (Fr O’Neills), N O’Leary (Castlelyons), D O’Leary (Watergrasshill), S O’Donoghue (Inniscarra), E Downey (Glen Rovers), C Joyce (Castlemartyr), C O’Brien (Newtownshandrum), T O’Mahony (Newtownshandrum), T O’Connell (Midleton), D Fitzgibbon (Charleville), W Buckley (St Finbarr’s), H O’Connor (Newmarket), B Walsh (Killeagh), B Hayes (St Finbarr’s), A Connolly (Blackrock).

Subs: B Saunderson (Midleton), E Roche (Bride Rovers), D Cahalane (St Finbarr’s), G Millerick (Fr O’Neills), M Mullins (Glen Rovers), E Twomey (St Finbarr’s), S Kingston (Douglas), B Cunningham (St Finbarr’s), R O’Flynn (Erin’s Own), A Walsh (Kanturk), P Power (Blarney).

KERRY (NFL v Monaghan): S Murphy, P Murphy, J Foley, D Casey, E Healy, T Morley, A Heinrich, J O’Connor, M O’Shea, K Evans, S O’Shea, G O’Sullivan, T Brosnan, D Clifford, P Clifford 

Subs: S Broderick, T O’Sullivan, C Trant, M Burns, L Smith, D O’Sullivan, C Keating, D Roche, D Lyne, D Geaney, T L O’Sullivan

CLARE (NHL v Carlow):É Quilligan, D McMahon, C Cleary, C Leen, C Malone, D McInerney, J Moylan, D Stritch, R Taylor, J O'Neill, T Kelly, D Fitzgerald, S Meehan, M Rodgers, I Galvin 

Subs: E Foudy, J Conlon, N O'Farrell, R Hayes, R Kilroy, D Reidy, S Rynne, J Kirwan, A Fawl, C O'Meara, J Conneally

GALWAY (NFL v Donegal): E McGrath, J McGrath, C Hernon, J Glynn, L Silke, D McHugh, S Kelly, J Maher, M Tierney, S McGrath, C Mulhern, L Ó Conghaile, R Finnerty, C Darcy, O Mac Donnacha 

Subs: C Gleeson, B Cogger, S Ó Maoilchiaráin, C Carson, F McDonagh, P Conroy, S McGlinchey, D O’Flaherty, C Power, M Mulryan, R Roche

MAYO (NFL v Armagh): R Hennelly, J Coyne (C), D McHugh, E Hession, S Callinan, C Loftus, P Durcan, B Tuohy, D McBrien, J Carney, R O’Donoghue, J Flynn, C McHale, A O’Shea, F Boland 

Subs: J Livingstone, R Brickenden, M Plunkett, S Coen, F Kelly, S Howard, K McDonald, D O’Connor, J Carr, S Morahan, P Towey