GAA team news:Cork will field three newcomers when the Munster champions attempt to knock All-Ireland winners Tipperary off their perch as the hurling championship sparks into life this Sunday.
Blooded in the league, Stephen McDonnell and William Egan will be deployed in a new-look backline while manager Denis Walsh also hands Luke O'Farrell his first championship start at corner forward.
Lorcán McLoughlin and Pa Cronin are set to form a partnership in midfield for the first time as Walsh makes seven changes from the side that bowed out against Kilkenny at the semi-final stage last year.
Cork(SH v Tipperary): D Óg Cusack; S McDonnell, E Cadogan, S O'Neill; J Gardiner, W Egan, B Murphy; L McLoughlin, P Cronin; B O'Connor, C McCarthy, N McCarthy; L O'Farrell, P O'Sullivan, P Horgan.