Micheál Mullins and Robbie Cotter make their first starts among five changes to the Cork team for tomorrow night’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash with Tipperary at FBD Semple Stadium (7.30pm).
Mullins, who captained Cork to win the 2023 All-Ireland U20 championship, having also been part of the squad that won the 2021 title, is given the number 5 jersey. Recently transferred from Whitechurch to Glen Rovers, he featured as a sub in Cork’s league opener away to Clare last year but injury precluded his involvement thereafter.
Fitzgibbon Cup commitments with MTU Cork meant he didn’t appear in Cork’s opening two league games of the current campaign, the away win over Wexford and the draw at home to Limerick three…