IT’S BEEN A busy few weeks for Cork hurling goalkeeper Patrick Collins.
A sub on the senior side that won the Munster final and between the posts for the U21 side that defeated Waterford in a Munster semi-final last Thursday.
Now Collins has been named in goal for the Cork intermediate side to face Kilkenny in Sunday’s All-Ireland final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, just three days before the Cork U21′s take on Limerick in the Munster decider.
Collins is joined in the starting line-up for the intermediate showdown by his brother Michael at midfield. That duo lined out in Cork’s last Munster U21 final in 2014 as did wing-back Kevin Kavanagh and substitute Rob O’Shea, a former county senior player.
Cork are captained by full-back Shane O’Donovan, who won an All-Ireland club junior hurling medal last February with Mayfield in Croke Park, along with centre-forward Nicky Kelly.
Kilkenny reached this stage with a Leinster final win over Wexford and they will name their team tomorrow night.
Throw-in on Sunday afternoon is 2pm with this game the curtain-raiser for the senior meeting of Waterford and Wexford.
Cork
1. Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig)
2. Brian O’Sullivan (Fermoy)
3. Shane O’Donovan (Mayfield – captain)
4. Shane Hegarty (Dungourney)
5. Kieran Morrison (Fermoy)
6. Donnacha O’Donovan (Ballinhassig)
7. Kevin Kavanagh (Carrigaline)
8. Danny O’Flynn (Charleville)
9. Michael Collins (Ballinhassig)
10. Darren Casey (Charleville)
11. Nicky Kelly (Mayfield)
12. Gerry O’Neill (Courecy Rovers)
13. Sean Hayes (Mallow)
14. Willie Leahy (Aghada)
15. David Drake (Carrigaline)
Subs
16. Aidan Long (Mallow)
17. Alan Dennehy (Charleville)
18. Tom Lawrence (Brian Dillons)
19. Ciaran O’Brien (St Ita’s)
20. Lorcan O’Neill (Kanturk)
21. John Cooper (Éire Óg)
22. Rob O’Shea (Carrigtwohill)
23. Noel McNamara (Kilworth)
24. Mark Kennefick (Ballygarvan)
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