KYLE Hayes will fill the vacuum at centre-back created by the enforced absence of captain Declan Hannon for Saturday’s massive All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship semi-final against Galway at Croke Park.
Hayes merely moves closer to regular number five Diarmaid Byrnes, while Gearóid Hegarty drops back to complete the half-back line.
David Reidy has been named ahead of Cathal O’Neill in attack.
Galway have named an unchanged side from that which beat Tipperary in the quarter-final at the Gaelic Grounds a fortnight ago.
There is full television coverage on RTÉ2.
High humidity is forecast for Dublin around match-time, with only a slight chance of rain and a little breeze.
Limerick: Nickie Quaid; Mike Casey, Dan Morrissey, Barry Nash; Byrnes, Hayes, Hegarty; Darragh O’Donovan, William O’Donoghue: Reidy, Cian Lynch (captain), Tom Morrisey, Aaron Gilane, Séamus Flanagan, Peter Casey.
Substitutes: David McCarthy, Conor Boylan, Ronan Connolly, Aaron Costello, Colin Coughlan, Adam English, Richie English, Graeme Mulcahy, Barry Murphy, Cathal O’Neill, Oisín O’Reilly.
Galway: Éanna Murphy; Jack Grealish; Daithí Burke (captain), Darren Morrissey; Padraic Mannion, Gearóid McInerney, Joseph Cooney; Seán Linnane, Cathal Mannion; Ronan Glennon, Cianan Fahy, Kevin Cooney; Conor Whelan, Brian Concannon, Evan Niland.
Substitutes: Darach Fahy, TJ Brennan, Fintan Burke, Adrian Tuohy, Liam Collins, Tiernan Killeen, Tom Monaghan, Conor Cooney, Declan McLoughlin, Gavin Lee, Jarlath Mannion.
