DAVY FITZGERALD HAS brought big names back to the Clare starting line-up for today’s crunch Allianz Division 1 hurling league tie against Tipperary.
2013 Allstars Tony Kelly, David McInerney and Conor McGrath are all named to start while Paul Flanagan and Shane Golden are also handed starting berths.
Flanagan and McInerney will start in the corner-back slots with Kelly named at centre-forward, Golden picked at wing-forward and McGrath selected at full-forward.
The five players that make way from the team that lost to Cork last time out are Domhnall O’Donovan, Jack Browne, Conor Cleary, Bobby Duggan and David Reidy.
CLARE
1. Patrick Kelly (Inagh-Kilnamona)
2. Paul Flanagan (Ballyea)
3. Cian Dillon (Crusheen)
4. David McInerney (Tulla)
5. Brendan Bugler (Whitegate)
6. Conor Ryan (Cratloe)
7. Patrick O’Connor (Tubber)
8. Colm Galvin (Clonlara)
9. Patrick Donnellan (O’Callaghan Mills)
10. John Conlon (Clonlara)
11. Tony Kelly (Ballyea)
12. Shane Golden (Sixmilebridge)
13. Shane O’Donnell (Éire Óg)
14. Conor McGrath (Cratloe)
15. Colin Ryan (Newmarket-on-Fergus)
The Tipperary side shows three changes from their win over Galway. Noel McGrath replaces the injured Denis Maher in attack, while Conor O’Mahony and James Woodlock also return to the starting fifteen.
TIPPERARY
1. Darren Gleeson (Portroe)
2. Cathal Barrett (Holycross-Ballycahill)
3. Conor O’Mahony (Newport)
4. Conor O’Brien (Éire Óg Annacarty)
5. Michael Breen (Ballina)
6. Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
7. Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields)
8. Kieran Bergin (Killenaule)
9. James Woodlock (Drom & Inch)
10. John O’Dwyer (Killenaule)
11 Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh)
12. Jason Forde (Silvermines)
13. Noel McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney)
14. Seamus Callanan (Drom & Inch)
15. John McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney)
