Tipperary unchanged for second replay

Team news : Tipperary manager Michael "Babs" Keating last night announced an unchanged team for Sunday's Munster hurling semi…

Team news: Tipperary manager Michael "Babs" Keating last night announced an unchanged team for Sunday's Munster hurling semi-final second replay against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds.

There is one positional switch, however, as Darragh Egan moves to centre forward and captain Benny Dunne is named at left-half forward.

Gerry Kennedy is once again named in goal ahead of long-serving number one Brendan Cummins.

There were injury worries over wing back Eamon Corcoran and midfielder Shane McGrath but both have been passed fit to play. Limerick's main worry is over full forward Sean O'Connor, who missed the second draw last Saturday evening.

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Leitrim will be at full strength against Galway in Sunday's Connacht football semi-final at Carrick-on-Shannon. Defender Barry McWeeney returns after missing the first round win over London, and centre back John McKeon is passed fit despite carrying an ankle injury in recent weeks.

McWeeney is named at left corner back, with Ciarán Kennedy the player to lose out, while Michael McGuinness starts at full back. There are a couple of positional switches, with regular full forward Declan Maxwell moved to right half forward and Micheal Foley named at centre forward.

Monaghan manager Séamus McEnaney has announced the same team that beat Down a fortnight ago for their Ulster semi-final against Derry at Casement Park, albeit with a few positional switches.

Dessie Mone and Vinny Corey move into the full-back line, Paul Finlay is again selected at centre forward alongside Dick Clerkin and Stephen Gollogly, and Brendan McKenna and Eoin Lennon are named at midfield.

TIPPERARY(SH vs Limerick): G Kennedy; E Buckley, D Fanning, D Fitzgerald; E Corcoran, CO'Mahony, H Maloney; S McGrath, J Woodlock; J Carroll, D Egan, B Dunne; S Butler, E Kelly, L Corbett.

LEITRIM(SF v Galway): N Gill; D Reynolds, M McGuinness, B McWeeney; B Prior, J McKeon, S Foley; G McCloskey, M Duignan; C Regan, M Foley, D Maxwell; D Brennan, J Glancy, C Duignan.

MONAGHAN(SF v Derry): S Duffy; D Mone, V Corey, C Flanagan; D Freeman, G McQuaid, D Morgan; E Lennon, B McKenna; D Clerkin, P Finlay, S Gollogly; C Hanratty, S Smyth, T Freeman.

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan

Ian O'Riordan is an Irish Times sports journalist writing on athletics