Leinster hurling manager Pat Critchley has named a strong team of All-Star talent for the defence of the Inter-Provincial title this weekend.

Laois hurling legend Critchley is able to call upon Paul Murphy, Cillian Buckley, Conor Fogarty, Richie Hogan, Lester Ryan and Walter Walsh from the 2015 Leinster and All-Ireland winning Kilkenny panel - with Murphy, Buckley and Hogan also current all-stars.

And like the Leinster football team announced yesterday, there are players from 10 different counties in the province named and who were selected after recent training sessions held by Critchley and his selectors Ciaran Hetherton from Dublin and Wicklow's Don Hyland.

Reigning champions Leinster will take on Munster in Galway this Saturday afternoon in Pearse Stadium at 2pm for the right to play in Sunday's final against Connacht or Ulster.

Leinster Inter Provincial Hurling panel - James Dempsey (Offaly), Paul Murphy (Kilkenny), Matthew O'Hanlon (Wexford), Liam Ryan (Wexford), Lee Chin (Wexford), Matthew Whelan (Laois), Cillian Buckley (Kilkenny), Conor Fogarty (Kilkenny), David Redmond (Wexford), Brian Carroll (Offaly), Richie Hogan (Kilkenny), Charlie Dwyer (Laois), Gerry Keegan (Kildare), Conor McDonald (Wexford), Marty Kavanagh (Carlow), Gary Maguire (Dublin), Joe Fitzpatrick (Laois), Stephen Kelly (Wicklow), Mickey Burke (Meath), Joey Boland (Dublin), Lester Ryan (Kilkenny), Eoin Price (Westmeath), Walter Walsh (Kilkenny), Liam Og McGovern (Wexford), Zane Keenan (Laois), Niall O'Brien (Westmeath), Shane Dooley (Offaly).

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