Changes for Tipperary and Waterford as counties battle to avoid senior relegation

TG4 All-Ireland Senior Championship (Relegation Playoff 1)

Saturday – Tipperary v Waterford, Callan, 3pm

TWO counties who have made significant progress at senior level in recent times now face a battle to avoid the drop.

Tipp, in their first year back up senior, face a Waterford team who made the step up in 2015 after winning the TG4 Intermediate crown.

It’s a massive Munster derby in Callan with plenty at stake, as the winners will guarantee themselves senior championship fare again in 2019.

For the losers, there’s a second chance, as they’ll face off against the losers of the other relegation tie this afternoon between Cavan and Monaghan.

There’s one change from the Tipperary team that lined out against Donegal last time out, as Lucy Spillane comes in for Caoimhe Condon.

Waterford boss Pat Sullivan has made two changes to the team that faced Galway in the qualifiers, with Keeley Corbett Barry and Gráinne Kenneally in ahead of Kate Hahessy and Aisling Mullaney.

Tipperary team: 

1	Lauren Fitzpatrick	Ballymacarbry
2	Laura Dillon	Ardfinnan
3	Maria Curley	Templemore
4	Brid Condon	Aherlow
5	Anna Rose Kennedy	Aherlow
6	Samantha Lambert	Ardfinnan
7	Siobhan Condon	Aherlow
8	Aisling McCarthy	Cahir
9	Orla O Dwyer	Boherlahan
10	Lucy Spillane	Fethard
11	Aishling Moloney	Cahir
12	Niamh Lonergan	Moyle Rovers
13	Roisin Howard	Cahir
14	Mairead Morrissey	Brian Borus
15	Gillian O Brien	Moyle Rovers

Waterford team: 

1	Kelly Moroney	St Pats
2	Megan Dunford	Abbeyside
3	Caoimhe McGrath	Abbeyside
4	Rebecca Casey	Stradbally
5	Kate McGrath	Kilrossanty Brickeys
6	Karen McGrath	Ballymacarbry
7	Michelle McGrath	Ballymacarbry
8	Emma Murray	Comeragh Rangers
9	Keeley Corbett Barry	Comeragh Rangers
10	Mairead Wall	Ballymacarbry
11	Grainne Kenneally	Eadestown
12	Katie Murray	Comeragh Rangers
13	Aileen Wall	Ballymacarbry
14	Maria Delahunty	Abbeyside
15	Michelle Ryan	Ballymacarbry