Cork v Offaly: Rebels name team for All-Ireland quarter-final

Alan Walsh will make his first championship start as one of four changes to the Cork team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC quarter-final against Offaly at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles (3.30pm).

The Kanturk man, who appeared off the bench in the opening two Munster SHC round-robin game against Tipperary and Limerick, is picked alongside Alan Connolly and Brian Hayes in the full-forward line with William Buckley among the substitutes.

With midfielders Tommy O’Connell and Tim O’Mahony ruled out with a broken thumb and dead leg respectively, captain Darragh Fitzgibbon returns following his appendicitis – he is partnered by Brian Roche, who comes in for his first championship start since the 2025 round-robin victory over Waterford.

The other change sees Hugh O’Connor named in the half-forward line, taking the place of Barry Walsh, who is a sub.

CORK (All-Ireland SHC v Offaly): Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig); Niall O’Leary (Castlelyons), Damien Cahalane (St Finbarr’s), Seán O’Donoghue (Inniscarra); Eoin Downey (Glen Rovers), Robert Downey (Glen Rovers), Mark Coleman (Blarney); Brian Roche (Bride Rovers), Darragh Fitzgibbon (Charleville, captain); Hugh O’Connor (Newmarket), Shane Barrett (Blarney), Diarmuid Healy (Lisgoold); Alan Connolly (Blackrock), Brian Hayes (St Finbarr’s), Alan Walsh (Kanturk).

Subs: Paudie O’Sullivan (Fr O’Neill’s), Ger Millerick (Fr O’Neill’s), Eoin Roche (Bride Rovers), Ethan Twomey (St Finbarr’s), Micheál Mullins (Glen Rovers), Barry Walsh (Killeagh), Robbie O’Flynn (Erin’s Own), William Buckley (St Finbarr’s), Shane Kingston (Douglas), Séamus Harnedy (St Ita’s), Pádraig Power (Blarney).