Kilkenny minor team named to face Cork in All-Ireland Quarter-Final
The two sides meet in Thurles on Saturday afternoon
Kilkenny have made one change for Saturday afternoon’s Electric Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Quarter-Final with Cork in Thurles (3pm).
Bennetsbridge player Jamie Walsh comes into the starting lineup in place of Dicksboro star James Kavanagh as Gordon Byrne’s side looks to bounce back from the Leinster Final defeat to Galway.
The Cats lost out in that provincial decider by a solitary point after extra-time and they face a Cork team who are fresh from a victory over Wexford last weekend.
The game forms part of a double-header at Semple Stadium with near neighbours Clare and Limerick battling ot out beforehand at 1pm with Galway and Tipperary awaiting the two winners in the semi-finals.
Both quarter-finals on Saturday will also be available to watch live on the TG4 Youtube Page.
Kilkenny team to face Cork: Eoin O’Gorman (Carrickshock); Michael Meany (Clara), Sean Kavanagh (Dicksboro), Sean Corcoran (John Lockes); Paddy Grace (John Lockes), Jack Treacy (Dicksboro), Oliver Phelan (James Stephens); Jack Bolger (Barrow Rangers), Matthew Corr (Danesfort); Joe Dowling (Dicksboro), Conn O’Neill Pembroke (Shamrocks Ballyhale), Jamie Walsh (Bennettsbridge); Ruairi Power (James Stephens), Brion Walsh (James Stephens), Liam Corcoran (John Lockes).
Subs: Dylan Brennan (Young Irelands), Paddy Purcell (James Stephens), Daniel Lawlor (Barrow Rangers), Robbie Lacey (Dicksboro), James Kavanagh (Dicksboro), Andrew Holohan (O’Loughlin Gaels), Cian Franks (Carrickshock), Gary McHugh (Barrow Rangers), Sean Morrissey (John Lockes).