Limerick make three changes

Team news : Limerick have made three changes to their side to face All-Ireland champions Cork at Semple Stadium on Saturday.

Team news: Limerick have made three changes to their side to face All-Ireland champions Cork at Semple Stadium on Saturday.

Stephen Lucey, Brian Geary and Ollie Moran have been drafted into the starting line-up having recovered from the injuries that kept them out of the qualifier win over Dublin earlier this month.

All three will bolster Limerick's defence with Lucey starting at fullback and Moran and Geary named in the half-back line. Willie Walsh, Paudie O'Dwyer and Donal O'Grady are the players to make way.

Cork are due to name their side later this evening, as are Tipperary who face Waterford in Croke Park on Sunday.

Limerick(SH v Cork): B Murray; D Reale, S Lucey, S Hickey; O Moran, B Geary, M Foley; B Foley, D Ryan; N Moran, M O'Brien, TJ Ryan; A O'Shaughnessy, B Begley, C Fitzgerald.

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