Cork's William Buckley. ©INPHO ©INPHO

Cork 0-6 Waterford 0-6
14 mins – It’s lovely combination work by Stephen Bennett to float a delivery across to Dessie Hutchinson who peels off his marker and notches Waterford’s sixth point of the evening.

Cork 0-6 Waterford 0-5
13 mins -First free of the day for Alan Connolly and he makes no mistake.

Cork 0-5 Waterford 0-5
11 mins – Calum Lyons nails the levelling score for Waterford, Cork see a couple of attacks slip up prior to that as Paddy Leavey intercepts one pass intended for Shane Barrett, then Brian Hayes sees another shot drift wide.

Cork 0-5 Waterford 0-4
10 mins – Nice interplay by Cork under severe pressure and it ends with Hugh O’Connor lobbing over a point.

Cork 0-4 Waterford 0-4
8 mins – Barron for Waterford at one end, Hayes for Cork at the other, and it’s all square once more.

Cork 0-3 Waterford 0-3 
5 mins – Waterford squeeze Cork’s puckout and the move is capped off by Jamie Barron nailing the levelling score. Then the first goal chance falls to Dessie Hutchinson but Patrick Collins denies him.

Cork 0-3 Waterford 0-2
4 mins – And now that’s all of Cork’s full-forward line in on the scoring act, William Buckley popping over a point after Shane Barrett floated a pass into space for him to surge onto. Fenor’s Sean Mackey counters for Waterford.

Cork 0-2 Waterford 0-1
3 mins – Brian Hayes floats a pass that is intercepted, he tears after the Waterford cover, turns over possession and clips a point. The St Finbarr’s man impacting straight away.

Cork 0-1 Waterford 0-1
2 mins – First blood to Cork as Alan Connolly snaps over a point, Jack Prendergast replies swiftly for Waterford.

That means Eoin Downey shifts to the wing in the Cork defence.

Tim O’Mahony in centre-back for Cork it seems with Tommy O’Connell at midfield alongside Darragh Fitzgibbon. 

Dublin’s Sean Stack is the referee for this one.

Throw-in almost upon us for this key Munster hurling tie.

Results – Leinster senior hurling championship

• Wexford 0-22 Dublin 2-21
• Kildare 1-22 Galway 4-22

GAA+ pundit Richie Hogan makes an early pre-match impression…

Richie Hogan still showing the importance of keeping your eye on the ball at all times 🤣 pic.twitter.com/c0oYc6NKq9

— David Connors (@peterswellman) May 9, 2026

Cork manager Ben O'Connor is interviewed by GAA+ before the game.

Waterford's Dessie Hutchinson arrives at Walsh Park. ©INPHO ©INPHO

One late change that we know in the Cork team, Hugh O’Connor into the attack for Barry Walsh, the rising star who has picked up an injury recently.

Our starting team for today's meeting with Waterford pic.twitter.com/8ead4aDH46

— Cork GAA (@OfficialCorkGAA) May 9, 2026

Cork have two injury-enforced changes. Ciaran Joyce and Robert Downey have been replaced by Damien Cahalane and Diarmuid Healy respectively. The Rebels have also made two substitute additions with Brian O’Sullivan and Shane Kingston included.

Waterford’s team selection shows two changes from the draw against Tipperary last time out – Seán Mackey and Kevin Mahony both rewarded with starting spots, while Darragh Lyons and Shane Bennett drop to the bench.

Here’s the teams named to start, we’ll let you know if there’s any late changes.

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Cork

1. Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig)

2. Niall O’Leary (Castlelyons), 3. Damien Cahalane (St Finbarr’s), 4. Seán O’Donoghue (Inniscarra)

5. Tommy O’Connell (Midleton), 6. Eoin Downey (Glen Rovers), 7. Mark Coleman (Blarney)

8. Tim O’Mahony (Newtownshandrum), 9. Darragh Fitzgibbon (Charleville – captain)

10. Diarmuid Healy (Lisgoold), 11. Shane Barrett (Blarney), 12. Barry Walsh (Killeagh)

13. Alan Connolly (Blackrock), 14. William Buckley (St Finbarr’s), 15. Brian Hayes (St Finbarr’s)

Subs:

• 16. Paudie O’Sullivan (Fr O’Neill’s)
• 17. Ger Millerick (Fr O’Neill’s)
• 18. Cormac O’Brien (Newtownshandrum)
• 19. Ethan Twomey (St Finbarr’s)
• 20. Brian O’Sullivan (Kanturk)
• 21. Robbie O’Flynn (Erin’s Own)
• 22. Hugh O’Connor (Newmarket)
• 23. Shane Kingston (Douglas)
• 24. Séamus Harnedy (St Ita’s)
• 25. Pádraig Power (Blarney)
• 26. Alan Walsh (Kanturk)

Waterford

1.Billy Nolan (Roanmore)

2. Ian Kenny (Ballygunner), 3. Mark Fitzgerald (Passage – captain), 4. Aaron O’Neill (Ballygunner)  

5. Jack Fagan (De La Salle), 6. Iarlaith Daly (Lismore), 7. Calum Lyons (Ballyduff Lower)

8. Paddy Leavey (Ballygunner), 9. Sean Mackey (Fenor)

10. Jack Prendergast (Lismore), 11. Stephen Bennett (Ballysaggart), 12. Jamie Barron (Fourmilewater)

13. Dessie Hutchinson (Ballygunner), 14. Sean Walsh (Fourmilewater), 15. Kevin Mahony (Ballygunner)

Subs:

• 16. Alex Reade (Ballyduff Lower)
• 17. Conor Keane (De La Salle)
• 18. Tadhg De Búrca (Clashmore/Kinsalebeg)
• 19. Darragh Lyons (Dungarvan)
• 20. Austin Gleeson (Mount Sion)
• 21. Shane Bennett (Ballysaggart)
• 22. Michael Kiely (Abbeyside-Ballinacourty)
• 23. Peter Hogan (Ballygunner)
• 24. Patrick Curran (Dungarvan)
• 25. Reuben Halloran (De La Salle)
• 26. Séamus Fitzgerald (Kilrossanty)

Evening all and welcome along to our Munster hurling championship coverage.

Round 3 encounter in Walsh Park, throw-in at 6pm as Waterford host Cork.

The home side are desperate for a win to prolong their interest this season after defeat to Clare and draw with Tipperary so far. In contrast Cork are flying high to date in Munster, picking up successes over Tipperary and Limerick.