Eoin Murphy, Walter Walsh and Richie Power have been drafted into the Kilkenny team for Sunday's All-Ireland SHC decider versus Tipperary (throw-in from Croke Park is at 3.30pm).

Murphy is named in goal ahead of David Herity, while Walsh and Power are selected in the full forward line with Eoin Larkin in three changes from the side that claimed a dramatic 2-13 to 0-17 semi-final victory over Limerick. The two players to lose out up front are Padraig Walsh and Mark Kelly.

Henry Shefflin, who is going for a record 10th Celtic Cross, is set to miss out on an All-Ireland final starting place for the first time. 

Kilkenny (SHC v Tipperary): Eoin Murphy; Paul Murphy, J J Delaney, Jackie Tyrrell; Joey Holden, Brian Hogan, Cillian Buckley; Richie Hogan, Conor Fogarty; Michael Fennelly, Colin Fennelly, T J Reid; Walter Walsh, Richie Power, Eoin Larkin.

Subs: David Herity, Kieran Joyce, Brian Kennedy, Padraig Walsh, Lester Ryan, Tommy Walsh, Henry Shefflin, Aidan Fogarty, Mark Kelly, Jonjo Farrell, John Power.

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