GAA:Leinster hurling manager Joe Dooley has selected 11 Kilkenny players in his starting line-up to face Connacht in Sunday's M Donnelly Interprovincial final at Nowlan Park. Dublin and Offaly have two players each on the side.
Even without the injured Henry Shefflin, Kilkenny hit the ground running on the opening weekend of the league last Sunday with an emphatic win over Tipperary. Dooley was obviously impressed with what he saw with the entire defence and midfield drawn from the All-Ireland champions.
Leinster(SH v Connacht): G Maguire (Dublin); P Murphy (Kilkenny), N Hickey (Kilkenny), J Tyrrell (Kilkenny); T Walsh (Kilkenny), B Hogan (Kilkenny), JJ Delaney (Kilkenny); M Rice (Kilkenny), M Fennelly (Kilkenny); R Power (Kilkenny), J Bergin (Offaly), E Larkin (Kilkenny); S Dooley (Offaly), R O'Dwyer (Dublin), R Hogan (Kilkenny). Substitutions: D Herity (Kilkenny), D Stamp (Wexford), N Corcoran (Dublin), S Durkin (Dublin), R Hanniffy (Offaly), C Fennelly (Kilkenny), B Murtagh (Westmeath), P Ryan (Dublin), W Hyland (Laois), R Jacob (Wexford), TJ Reid (Kilkenny).
