Mark Ellis has been selected at full-back in place of the injured Stephen McDonnell for Cork ahead of their Munster SHC quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium on Sunday afternoon, writes Peter McNamara.
Injury has curtailed Ellis’s seasonal participation thus far in 2016 but he returns to fill the void left by captain McDonnell who is marked absent due to a broken elbow.
Cormac Murphy, Christopher Joyce and Lorcán McLoughlin will man the half-back slots.
However, it has been suggested Ellis and Joyce may interchange positions.
William Egan, as he did in the Allianz NHL Division 1 relegation play-off against Galway, will again partner midfield dynamo Daniel Kearney.
Cork’s attack will be spearheaded by the predatory trio of Alan Cadogan, Seamus Harnedy and Patrick Horgan.
Kieran Kingston’s men are the 11/4 outsiders to progress to meet Limerick in the provincial semi-final.
The Cork team is as follows:
1 Anthony Nash
2 Damien Cahalane
3 Mark Ellis
4 Conor O’Sullivan
5 Lorcán McLoughlin
6 Christopher Joyce
7 Cormac Murphy
8 Daniel Kearney
9 William Egan
10 Bill Cooper
11 Conor Lehane
12 Brian Lawton
13 Alan Cadogan
14 Seamus Harnedy
15 Patrick Horgan
Subs:
16 Patrick Collins
17 Killian Burke
18 Michael Russell
19 Stephen Murphy
20 Sean O’Donoghue
21 Aidan Walsh
22 Niall Cashman
23 Paul Haughney
24 Luke O’Farrell
25 John Cronin
26 William Leahy
