All-Ireland hurling final: Updates of Galway v Limerick

There is one change to the Galway matchday squad, with Declan McLoughlin for the injured Brian Concannon on Galway's bench.

Limerick: Nickie Quaid; Sean Finn, Mike Casey, Barry Nash; Diarmaid Byrnes, William O’Donoghue, Kyle Hayes; Adam English, Cian Lynch (capt); Gearoid Hegarty, Aidan O’Connor, Cathal O’Neill; Aaron Gillane, Shane O’Brien, Peter Casey.

Subs: Colin Ryan, Colin Coughlan, Fintan Fitzgerald, Matthew Fitzgerald, Hugh Flanagan, Ethan Hurley, Darragh Langan, Dan Morrissey, Tom Morrissey, Darragh O’Donovan, David Reidy.

Galway: Darach Fahy; Joshua Ryan, Cillian Trayers, Darren Morrissey (capt); Padraic Mannion, Daithí Burke, Ronan Glennon; Tiernan Killeen, Gavin Lee; Tom Monaghan, Cathal Mannion, Darragh Neary; Conor Whelan, Jason Rabbitte, Aaron Niland.

Subs: Eanna Murphy, Shane Morgan, Fintan Burke, Cian Daniels, Cianan Fahy, Conor Cooney, John Flemin, Seán Linnane, Cillian Whelan, Colm Molloy, Declan McLoughlin.

Welcome to our updates of the All-Ireland hurling final, as Galway take on Limerick in Croke Park.

Limerick are back in hurling's biggest day after winning four in a row between 2020 and 2023, while Galway were last in the final in 2018, having won Liam MacCarthy in 2017.

After winning the Munster championship, Limerick had to dig deep in the semi-final against Clare.

Galway won the Leinster final against Dublin and followed it up with an impressive victory against Cork.