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The Kilkenny team to take on Galway in the opening round of the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship has been named.
Mikey Butler returns to the starting team following a period on the sideline with illness, while Dicksboro's Liam Moore makes his championship debut in a black and amber jersey.
Derek Lyng’s side are looking to win a seventh provincial crown on the trot and a fourth in Lyng's tenure.
Meanwhile, Galway on the back of an 18 point victory over the Cats during the Division 1 league campaign go into the provincial campaign on a high, with the Cats keen to rewrite that wrong in Salthill on Saturday evening.
Thrown in is at 4.30pm.
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