{"id":260438,"date":"2026-01-23T21:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/260438\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:18:09","slug":"cork-hurlers-name-team-for-ben-oconnors-opening-league-clash-with-waterford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/260438\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork hurlers name team for Ben O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s opening league clash with Waterford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">William Buckley is the sole debutant selected to start for Cork\u2019s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A opener against Waterford at SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh on Sunday (3.45pm).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Rebel selection for Ben O\u2019Connor\u2019s first league match in charge features ten starters from last year\u2019s All-Ireland hurling final defeat to Tipperary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            The five absent from that chastening loss last July are the retired Patrick Horgan, Eoin Downey, Ciar\u00e1n Joyce, Tim O\u2019Mahony and Brian Hayes.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hayes\u2019 St Finbarr\u2019s team-mate Buckley \u2013 who scored ten points in UCC\u2019s win over Garda College in the Electric Ireland Fitzgibbon Cup on Thursday \u2013 is named at right corner-forward, alongside Declan Dalton and Alan Connolly in the full-forward line.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4943459_7_articleinlinemobile_2193119.jpg\" alt=\"D\u00e1ire O'Leary of Cork in action against Walter Walsh of Kilkenny in the 2022 Allianz HL Division 1 semi-final. Picture: Piaras \u00d3 M\u00eddheach\/Sportsfile\" title=\"D\u00e1ire O'Leary of Cork in action against Walter Walsh of Kilkenny in the 2022 Allianz HL Division 1 semi-final. Picture: Piaras \u00d3 M\u00eddheach\/Sportsfile\" class=\"card-img\"\/>D\u00e1ire O&#8217;Leary of Cork in action against Walter Walsh of Kilkenny in the 2022 Allianz HL Division 1 semi-final. Picture: Piaras \u00d3 M\u00eddheach\/Sportsfile<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">D\u00e1ire O\u2019Leary, recalled to the panel by O\u2019Connor, is picked at full-back while Cormac O\u2019Brien at right half-back, Tommy O\u2019Connell in midfield and number 10 Brian Roche are the other players who did not start the All-Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The substitutes\u2019 bench features Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s goalkeeper Paudie O\u2019Sullivan for the first time while Darragh O\u2019Sullivan (Ballinhassig), Hugh O\u2019Connor of Newmarket and Kanturk\u2019s Alan Walsh are in line for first league appearances if they come on.<\/p>\n<p>Cork (HL v Waterford):<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Patrick Collins (Ballinhassig);\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Niall O\u2019Leary (Castlelyons), D\u00e1ire O\u2019Leary (Watergrasshill), Se\u00e1n O\u2019Donoghue (Inniscarra);\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cormac O\u2019Brien (Newtownshandrum), Robert Downey (Glen Rovers), Mark Coleman (Blarney);\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tommy O\u2019Connell (Midleton), Darragh Fitzgibbon (Charleville, c);<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brian Roche (Bride Rovers), Shane Barrett (Blarney), Diarmuid Healy (Lisgoold);\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">William Buckley (St Finbarr\u2019s), Declan Dalton (Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s), Alan Connolly (Blackrock).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n            Subs: Paudie O\u2019Sullivan (Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s), Ger Millerick (Fr O\u2019Neill\u2019s), Eoin Roche (Bride Rovers), Darragh O\u2019Sullivan (Ballinhassig), Ethan Twomey (St Finbarr\u2019s), Miche\u00e1l Mullins (Glen Rovers), Brian O\u2019Sullivan (Kanturk), Hugh O\u2019Connor (Newmarket), S\u00e9amus Harnedy (St Ita\u2019s), Robbie O\u2019Flynn (Erin\u2019s Own), Alan Walsh (Kanturk).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"William Buckley is the sole debutant selected to start for Cork\u2019s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A opener against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1965,61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-260438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-hurling","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}