Team news: Big guns return as Cats bid for fifth successive win

June 11, 2021

Kilkenny's Padraig Walsh. ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo.

There are a number of big-name returnees as Kilkenny name their side to face Clare in tomorrow's Allianz HL Division 1 clash at Cusack Park.

Padraig Walsh and Conor Browne resume in defence at the expense of Joey Holden and Michael Carey, with Conor Fogarty replacing Richie Leahy in the midfield engine-room. Up front, Walter Walsh and TJ Reid come in for Martin Keoghan and Liam Blanchfield.

If the Cats win in Ennis, it will be their fifth successive victory in Group B, having already secured a place in a provisional league final.

Kilkenny (Allianz HL Division 1 v Clare): Eoin Murphy; Tommy Walsh, Huw Lawlor, Paddy Deegan; Darragh Corcoran, Padraig Walsh, Conor Browne; Richie Reid, Richie Leahy; Adrian Mullen, Walter Walsh, Billy Ryan; James Bergin, TJ Reid, Eoin Cody.

Subs: Darren Brennan, Joey Holden, Ciaran Wallace, Alan Murphy, David Blanchfield, Conor Fogarty, Cillian Buckley, Martin Keoghan, Liam Blanchfield, Niall Brassil, Tadhg O'Dwyer.


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