By John Harrington

Both Kilkenny and Limerick have named unchanged teams for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC Final.

That’s a blow for Limerick who had hoped to name inspirational team captain, Declan Hannon, at centre-back.

The Adare clubman missed the All-Ireland SHC semi-final clash with a knee injury and has lost his fitness race to face Kilkenny and isn't included in the match-day panel.

That means William O’Donoghue continues to deputise at centre-back rather than play in his usual midfield position.

Kilkenny had a fitness doubt over David Blanchfield who took a knock to the chest in their semi-final win over Clare, but the wing-back has been named in their starting XV.

LIMERICK: N Quaid; M Casey, D Morrissey, B Nash; D Byrnes, W O’Donoghue, K Hayes; D O’Donovan, C Lynch; G Hegarty, D Reidy, T Morrissey; A Gillane, S Flanagan, P Casey. Subs: D McCarthy, C Boylan, R Connolly, A Costelloe, C Coughlan, A English, G Mulcahy, B Murphy, A O’Connor, C O’Neill, O O’Reilly.

KILKENNY: E Murphy; M Butler, H Lawlor, T Walsh; D Blanchfield, R Reid, P Deegan; C Fogarty, A Mullen; T Phelan, M Keoghan, J Donnelly; B Ryan, TJ Reid, E Cody (capt). Subs: D Brennan, C Delaney, C Buckley, P Walsh, D Corcoran, A Murphy, C Kenny, T Clifford, W Walsh, R Hogan, B Drennan.