Team news: Limerick unchanged for All-Ireland final
August 17, 2018
Limerick's Kyle Hayes gives the thumbs up after the All-Ireland SHC semi-final victory over Cork at Croke Park.
©INPHO/Oisin Keniry.
Limerick are unchanged for their All-Ireland SHC final clash with Galway at Croke Park on Sunday.
Manager John Kiely has stuck by the same fifteen players that started the epic extra-time thriller against Cork three weeks ago. With ten minutes of normal time remaining, the Treaty men rallied from a six-point deficit to beat the Rebels on a 3-32 to 2-31 scoreline.
Shane Dowling (1-4) played a starring role in the comeback over the Rebels while fellow substitute Pat Ryan also chipped in with a goal in extra-time but Kiely has resisted the temptation to make any tweaks to his side.
From the 36-man squad named, defender Seamus Hickey, who starts on the bench, is the only surviving link to the last Limerick team to reach the All-Ireland final in 2007.
The Shannonsiders are bidding to win the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time since 1973.
Limerick (All-Ireland SHC final v Galway): Nickie Quaid; Sean Finn, Mike Casey, Richie English; Diarmaid Byrnes, Declan Hannon, Dan Morrissey; Darragh O'Donovan, Cian Lynch; Gearoid Hegarty, Kyle Hayes, Tom Morrissey; Aaron Gillane, Seamus Flanagan, Graeme Mulcahy.
Subs: Barry Hennessy, Peter Casey, Tom Condon, Shane Dowling, Kevin Downes, Seamus Hickey, Richie McCarthy, Barry Nash, William O'Donoghue, David Reidy, Pat Ryan.
Extended Panel: Paul Browne, David Dempsey, Andrew La Touche Cosgrave, Lorcan Lyons, Barry Murphy, Barry O'Connell, Paddy O'Loughlin, William O'Meara, Oisin O'Reilly, Colin Ryan.
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