Team news: O’Mahony and O’Connell back for Cork's semi-final showdown with Galway

The Rebels' favoured midfield duo missed the quarter-final win over Offaly.

BACK IN THE SWING: Cork's returning midfielder Tommy O’Connell. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Both Tommy O’Connell and Tim O’Mahony come back into the Cork midfield for Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final, but there is no return to the starting line-up for William Buckley as Alan Walsh holds on for just a second-ever championship start.

Cork’s favoured midfield partnership of O’Connell and O’Mahony sat out the quarter-final win over Offaly because of a broken thumb and dead leg respectively. That those injuries have cleared up in time for the weekend’s semi-final action sees Brian Roche and Hugh O’Connor return to the bench.