PREVIEWS: Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling U-21 Leinster Semi Final Kilkenny v Offaly Nowlan Park, 7.30pm Offaly travel to the Cats lair for their first Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling U-21 outing of the year to face the defending All-Ireland Champions in Nowlan Park in the Leinster Semi Final.  The match is a repeat of last year's Leinster final which Kilkenny won, 2-21 to Offaly's 2-9. Kilkenny already have a match behind them in this year's campaign having comfortably defeated Laois by 11 points and make one change from that team with senior regular Ritchie Hogan having overcome injury to start in the forward line ahead of James Nolan.  All other changes are positional. Offaly have chosen to start with a number of players with senior experience behind them including Daniel Currams and Conor Mahon and Kilkenny will be particularly wary of captain, Derek Morkan and Stephen Wynn in defence. While Offaly scalped Kilkenny in 2007 to set up a Leinster final meeting with Dublin, but Kilkenny could prove too clinical to allow up a potential repeat of that fixture. Kilkenny: C. McGrath, P. Murphy, A. Kearns, C. Fogarty, L. Ryan, D. Langton, J. Dowling, M. Kelly, M. Walsh, C. Fennelly, JJ Farrell, J. Mulhall, M. Bergin, R. Hogan, L. Ryan Offaly: J, Dempsey, B. Harding,'s Wynne, B. Coughlan, D. Morkan, E. Murphy, T. Gilmore, C. Mahon, D. Mooney, J. Mulrooney, D. Currams, M. Egan, J. Gorman, B. Leonard, O. Kealey   Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling U-21 Leinster Semi Final Dublin v Wexford Parnell Park, 7.30pm Dublin have made five changes to their starting 15 for their Bord Gáis Energy GAA Hurling U-21 Leinster semi final against Wexford in Parnell Park on Wednesday night. Four of the alterations have been made in the forward line up with Peter Kelly, Paul Garbutt, David O'Connor and Barry O'Rorke all starting at the expense of Darren Kelly, Darren Whelan, Emmet McCabe and Aodhán McInerney who featured in the team which defeated Kildare (1-10 to 1-3) last time out.  The other change is at full-back where Máirtín Quilty replaces Eanna Walsh at full-back. Wexford's management team have only been in place since the start of April and while traditionally there has been little between these two sides at under age level, Dublin may benefit this time round from having had a run in the park already this year. Dublin: F. McGarry, G. Kelly, M Quilty, O. Gough, P. Schutte, R. O'Carroll, R. Walsh, S. Lambert, C. Clinton, P. Kelly, D. Treacy, P. Garbutt, D. O'Connor, L. Rushe, B. O'Rorke Wexford: N. Breen, T. Foley, E. Boggan, C. O' Shaughnessy, B. Hobbs, A. Shore, C. Kennelly, J. Gahan, S. Óg Whelan, H. Kehoe, S. Grannell, M. Wallace, R. Fox, J. Cullen, P. Kenny Tweet

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