By Cian O'Connell

Limerick manager Pat Donnelly has confirmed that Cian Lynch will be available for Saturday's Bord Gais Energy All Ireland Under 21 Hurling Final against Kilkenny at Semple Stadium.

Lynch was rated as an injury doubt with a hamstring issue, but Donnelly conformed that the talented Limerick attacker will be available.

"We're considering that he'll be fit for Saturday, he had picked up an injury, but we'll be naming the team and Cian Lynch will be playing," Donnelly remarked at a press event ahead of the decider on Wednesday.

"Cian isn't prone to injury at all. And I was just saying it there, a lot of the strength and conditioning work has eliminated a lot of the injuries that were there previously.

"You don't see as many of them now. People think the strength and conditioning is about weights and bulking up but it's actually about the prevention of injuries more than anything else.

"We've been very lucky all year that we haven't had any injuries. Peter Casey had a dead leg, it can happen any day. But other than that we have been very lucky."

Donnelly also stated that Kyle Hayes will be available for the clash too. "He had a slight straight up around the hamstring, high up, but that's 100 per cent gone," Donnelly said.

"He's been more precaution over the last couple of weeks than anything else, but he's trained Saturday and Tuesday night and he's good to go."