TEAM NEWS: High profile players missing as Kilkenny name team to face Galway in Leinster Hurling Championship

Both the Kilkenny Senior and Minor Hurling teams have been named to face Galway and Wexford in the Leinster Senior and Minor Hurling Championships respectively.

The Kilkenny seniors claimed a facile 32 point win over a disappointing Antrim side at UPMC Nowlan Park last Sunday. All roads now lead to Pearse Stadium in Salthill on Saturday as Derek Lyng's team take on Galway at 2pm.

None of Eoin Cody, Eoin Murphy and Adrian Mullen who all picked up injuries against Antrim are selected to start, while Mikey Carey doesn't make the matchday squad.

Meanwhile, the Kilkenny minor team also began their season in impressive fashion at home to Galway last Saturday, winning on a scoreline of 4-24 to 1-14. Niall Bergin's outfit now turn their attention to Wexford in Chadwicks Wexford Park on Saturday at 1pm.

Both Kilkenny teams named their starting 15's in the past couple of hours.

Kilkenny Senior Team: Aidan Tallis (Lisdowney); Mikey Butler (O'Loughlin Gaels), Huw Lawlor (O'Loughlin Gaels), Tommy Walsh (Tullaroan); David Blanchfield (Bennettsbridge), Paddy Deegan (O'Loughlin Gaels), Shane Murphy (Glenmore; Cian Kenny (James Stephens), Richie Reid (Shamrocks Ballyhale); Martin Keoghan (Tullaroan), John Donnelly (Thomastown), Tom Phelan (Conahy Shamrocks); Billy Ryan (Graigue Ballycallan), TJ Reid (Shamrocks Ballyhale), Owen Wall (O'Loughlin Gaels).

Kilkenny Minor Team: Padraig Joyce (James Stephens); Bobby Brennan (Erin's Own), Larry Phelan (James Stephens), Oisin Henderson (Dicksboro); Mikey Rohan (Carrickshock), Jack Dollard (Glenmore), David Barcoe (Clara); Anthony Clifford (Dicksboro), Robbie Doherty (Mooncoin); Kevin Buggy (Erin's Own), Eoghan Cahill (Graigue Ballycallan); Jake Mullen (Shamrocks Ballyhale); Patrick Lacey (Dicksboro), Conor Holohan (O'Loughlin Gaels), Bill McDermott (James Stephens).