Kilkenny name unchanged side for All-Ireland camogie semi-final

The influence of Laura Murphy will be key if Kilkenny are to reach the All-Ireland Final | SPORTSFILE

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The Cats face Galway in this afternoon’s last four clash in Thurles

It’s the same again for Kilkenny as Jimmy Meagher and his management team have named an unchanged starting 15 for this afternoon’s Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championsip Semi-Final with Galway.

The one big call likely surrounded whether to include Katie Nolan from the start after she grabbed two goals from the bench against Waterford but she’s set to continue in her sub impact role.

This afternoon’s game which is the first part of a double header alongside Cork and Tipperary is the first time since 2022 that the Noresiders have reached this stage of the competition and that incidentally was the last year they won the O’Duffy Cup.

Galway come into the game as the defending All-Ireland champions and rightly favourites but Kilkenny have already shown throughout the campaign that they have the tools to cause an upset.

Throw-in from Semple Stadium is at 4pm and the game is live on RTE 2.

Kilkenny team to face Galway- Aoife Norris (Piltown); Ava Brett (St Brigid’s), Tiffanie Fitzgerald (Young Irelands), Caoimhe Dowling (Dicksboro); Angela Carroll (Dicksboro), Niamh Deely (James Stephens), Michelle Teehan (James Stephens); Laura Greene (O’Loughlin Gaels), Laura Murphy (O’Loughlin Gaels); Aoife Prendergast (Dicksboro), Caoimhe Keher Murtagh (Rower Inistioge), Asha McHardy (Dicksboro); Emma Shortall (Clara), Steffi Fitzgerald (Young Irelands), Sarah Barcoe (Thomastown).

Subs: Ellen Gunner (Conahay Shamrocks), Rachel Phelan (John Lockes), Maria Brennan (Gailtir), Miriam Bambrick (Barrow Rangers), Laura Phelan (John Lockes), Sofia Kerr (Conahy Shamrocks), Grace Brennan (Tullaroan), Rachel Dowling (Dicksboro), Katie Nolan (St Martin’s), Emma Mulhall (Conahy Shamrocks), Claire Doheny (St Brigid’s), Ciara Dunne (Tullaroan), Leah Brett (St Brigid’s), Aisling O’Sullivan (John Lockes), Ciara O’Shea (Windgap).