Limerick senior hurling manager, John Kiely has cut seven players from his panel for the championship.

Kevin Downes, Seanie O’Brien, Kevin O’Brien, John Fitzgibbon, Seanie Tobin, David McCarthy and Andrew La Touche Cosgrave have all been cut from Kiely’s NHL squad just over five weeks before Limerick take on Clare.

LIMERICK SHC PANEL: D Hannon, D Morrissey, T Morrissey, R McCarthy, P Browne, S Finn, R English, P Ryan, D O’Donovan, N Quaid, J Ryan, K Hayes, G O’Mahony, B Hennessy, G Mulcahy, T Condon, S Hickey, A Dempsey, S Dowling, R Lynch, M Casey, P Casey, D Dempsey, W O’Donoghue, C Ryan, D Byrnes, C Lynch, A Gillane, B Nash, G Hegarty, S Cahill.