Cork and Tipperary name unchanged teams for final
Cork manager Pat Ryan recalls Seamus Harnedy and Cormac O'Brien to the Rebels' matchday panel as they take their places among the substitutes.
Harnedy missed the seven-goal semi-final demolition of Dublin with a hamstring injury while O'Brien was ruled out with a quad complaint.
Ethan Twomey and Jack O'Connor are the two players to drop out of the matchday squad.
Tipp boss Liam Cahill keeps faith with the same 15 which beat Kilkenny by two points in their last-four tie.
There is one change on the bench however, with Under-20s forward Paddy McCormack replacing Sean Kenneally.
Cork: Patrick Collins; Niall O'Leary, Eoin Downey, Sean O'Donoghue; Ciarán Joyce, Rob Downey, Mark Coleman; Tim O'Mahony, Darragh Fitzgibbon; Diarmuid Healy, Shane Barrett, Declan Dalton; Patrick Horgan, Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes.
Subs: Brion Saunderson, Damie Cahalane, Ger Millerick, Cormac O'Brien, Tommy O'Connell, Luke Meade, Brian Roche, Séamus Harnedy, Robbie O'Flynn, Conor Lehane, Shane Kingston.
Tipperary: Rhys Shelly; Robert Doyle, Eoghan Connolly, Michael Breen; Craig Morgan, Ronan Maher (capt), Bryan O'Mara; Willie Connors, Conor Stakelum; Jake Morris, Andrew Ormond, Sam O'Farrell; Darragh McCarthy, John McGrath, Jason Forde.
Subs: Barry Hogan, Joe Caesar, Seamus Kennedy, Paddy McCormack, Brian McGrath, Noel McGrath, Peter McGarry, Oisin O'Donoghue, Johnny Ryan, Darragh Stakelum, Alan Tynan.
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