DEISE HOLD TOP STARS IN RESERVE.Byline: PAT NOLAN Patrick J. Nolan (born 1950) is an American lawyer, politician, and activist. Nolan began his career as a conservative activist. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Southern California. TWO former Hurler of the Year award recipients will sit on the bench for Waterford on Sunday as Dan Shanahan Dan Shanahan (born 4 January, 1977) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Lismore and with the Waterford senior inter-county team. Early life Dan Shanahan was born in Lismore, County Waterford in 1977. and Tony Browne Tony Browne (born 1973) is an Irish sportsman. He plays hurling with his local club Mount Sion and with the Waterford senior inter-county team. Early life Tony Browne was born in Waterford in 1973. are omitted from the side to face Limerick. Browne, who took the top individual honour in 1998 and has also won three AllStars, returned to training much later than the rest of the panel and manager Davy Fitzgerald has opted to keep the 36-year-old in reserve. Shanahan's bench role was well flagged after he didn't start regularly during the League and has struggled to recapture the form which earned him the Hurler of the Year award two years ago. Fitzgerald has been given a boost though with John Mullane fit to start at cornerforward despite having his training severely curtailed by a hamstring problem recently. There is just one SHC SHC Sears Holdings Corporation (Hoffman Estates, ILt) SHC Self-Help Clearinghouse (Valley Cottage, NY) SHC Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL, USA) SHC Solar Heating and Cooling newcomer as Noel Connors of Passage makes his debut at corner-back. Former skipper Michael 'Brick' Walsh stays at centre-back having been deployed there throughout the National League. There are no surprises on the Limerick team named by former Deise boss Justin McCarthy, as 2007 Young Hurler of the Year continues at midfield while veterans Mark Foley and Ollie Moran are restored to the side. Kildare boss Kieran McGeeney has made two changes from the side which beat Offaly for tomorrow's clash with Wexford as Andriu Mac Lochlainn replaces Declan Brennan at corner-back and Morgan O'Flaherty comes in for the injured Mikey Conway. Meanwhile, Louth manager Eamonn McEneaney has named an unchanged team for the meeting with Laois. WATERFORD: C Hennessy; E Murphy, D Prendergast, N Connors; K Moran, M Walsh, A Kearney; S O'Sullivan, S Molumphy; S Prendergast, K McGrath, J Nagle; J Mullane, E Kelly, E McGrath. LIMERICK: B Murray; D Reale, S Lucey, M O'Riordan; S Walsh, B Geary, M Foley (capt); D O'Grady, S Hickey; J Ryan, O Moran, N Moran; A O'Shaughnessy, J O'Brien, D Ryan. KILDARE: T Corley; H McGrillen, M Foley, A Mac Lochlainn; M O'Flaherty, B Flanagan, E Bolton; D Flynn, D Earley; R Sweeney, P O'Neill, J Kavanagh; A Smith, E Callaghan, J Doyle. LOUTH: S Reynolds; P Rath rath (rä, räth), circular hill fort protected by earthworks, used by the ancient Irish in the pre-Christian era as a retreat in time of danger. , D Finnegan, J O' Brien; D Crilly, M Fanning, G Hoey; B White, P Keenan; R Finnegan, R Carroll, D Reid; C Judge, S Lennon, D Clarke. CAPTION(S): SUB Tony Browne is starting from bench ATTACK Shanahan has struggled for form |
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