Cork U21 Team To Face Waterford

Rebels Without Several Players

(Note - Interview with Cork boss Damien Irwin is at the bottom of the page)

 

The Cork team to face Waterford in the Bord Gáis Energy Munster U21 Hurling Championship Quarter final on Wednesday has been named.

 

Rebels boss Damien Irwin has to plan without a number of his players due to injury, 

 

Steven Murphy, Dillon Cahill, Aaron Ward, Cathal Cormack, Barra O'Connell and Trevor Hogan will all have to watch from the stand, while Peter Kelleher isn't available as he's with the Cork senior football squad.


Waterford by contrast are able to name SEVEN of the senior side that defeated Cork in the Munster semi final, with Shane Bennett, Steven Bennett, Tadhg de Búrca, Tom Devine, Austin Gleeson, Colin Dunford and Patrick Curran all named in the starting 15.

 

The Cork team to face Waterford is:

 

1.   Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig)

2.   Darren Browne (Kanturk)

3.   Alan Dennehy (Charleville)

4.   Sean O'Donoghue (Inniscarra)d 

5.   Dave Noonan (Glen Rovers)

6.   Conor Twomey (Newtownshandrum) (c) 

7.   Niall Cashman (Blackrock)

8.   Rickard Cahalane (Ballymartle)

9.   Martin Brennan (Fermoy)

10. Kevin O’Neill (Watergrasshill)

11. Killian O’Connor (Mallow)

12. Darren Casey (Charleville)

13. Mark O'Connor (Douglas)

14. Anthony Spillane (Castlelyons)

15. Luke Meade (Newcestown)

Subs:

16. Jack Barry (Castlelyons)

17. Jack Buckley (Charleville)

18. Mark O'Keeffe (Fr. O'Neills)

19. Kieran Histon (Cobh) 

20. Shane Hegarty (Dungourney)

21. Dayne Lee (Na Piarsaigh)

22. David Geary (Fermoy)

23. Donal Hannon (Newmarket)

24. Patrick Herlihy (Mallow)

 

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