The Four Starting Teams For This Weekend's Hurling Championship Openers

With Clare manager Brian Lohan announcing his starting team for Sunday's clash with Limerick, we now have all four line-ups for the opening matches of the hurling championship.

Laois v Dublin starting teams

First up, Laois and Dublin will face each other in the Leinster championship on Saturday evening. There are three debutants among Eddie Brennan's starting team – namely Ronan Broderick, Fiachra C-Fennell and James Keyes. The starting XV is:

1. Enda Rowland
2. Lee Cleere
3. Sean Downey
4. Donnchadh Hartnett
5. Ronan Broderick
6. Podge Delaney
7. Ryan Mullaney
8. Fiachra C Fennell
9. Paddy Purcell
10. Aaron Dunphy
11. Willie Dunphy
12. James Ryan
13. James Keyes
14. Ross King
15. Stephen Maher

Meanwhile, Mattie Kenny has opted to play Chris Crummey in the half forward line and Seán Moran at midfield in his starting Dublin team:

1. Alan Nolan
2. Paddy Smyth
3. Eoghan O'Donnell
4. James Madden
5. Conor Burke
6. Daire Gray
7. Cian O'Callaghan
8. Seán Moran
9. Rian McBride
10. Cian Boland
11. Chris Crummey
12. Danny Sutcliffe
13. Donal Burke
14. David Keogh
15. Ronan Hayes

Laois v Dublin throws in at 6pm and will be live on Sky Sports Mix.

Limerick vs Clare starting teams

Looking to Sunday, the Limerick team is missing the injured Mike Casey, Richie English and Darragh O'Donovan. Their starting team is:

1. Nickie Quaid
2. Sean Finn
3. Dan Morrissey
4. Barry Nash
5. Diarmaid Byrnes
6. Declan Hannon
7. Paddy O'Loughlin
8. Cian Lynch
9. William O'Donoghue
10. Gearoid Hegarty
11. Kyle Hayes
12. Tom Morrissey
13. Graeme Mulcahy
14. Aaron Gillane
15. Peter Casey

The Banner are without the injured John Conlon and Colm Galvin but Aidan McCarthy is passed fit to play after returning from a broken hand. The full Clare line up is:

1. Eibhear Quilligan​
2. Jack Browne
3. Conor Cleary
4. Stephen O Halloran​
5. Seadna Morey
6. Pat O Connor​
7. Aidan McCarthy​
8. David McInerney (Capt)
9. Tony Kelly
10. Diarmuid Ryan
11. David Reidy
12. David Fitzgerald
13. Ryan Taylor​
14. Cathal Malone
15. Shane O Donnell

Limerick vs Clare will be live on RTÉ 2 on Sunday, with throw-in at 3:45pm.

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15 June 2019; Chris Crummey of Dublin celebrates following the Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 5 match between Dublin and Galway at Parnell Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile