2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
Team news
Team news
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Tipperary manager [Liam Sheedy](/wiki/Liam_Sheedy "Liam Sheedy") kept faith with the same team that beat [Limerick](/wiki/Limerick_GAA "Limerick GAA") in the Semi\-final. Vice captain [Conor O'Mahony](/wiki/Conor_O%27Mahony "Conor O'Mahony") was passed fit after suffering a 'dead leg' the previous week and lead the team from the centre\-back position. [Willie Ryan](/wiki/Willie_Ryan_%28Tipperary_hurler%29 "Willie Ryan (Tipperary hurler)"), who was named team captain at the start of the season, had to make do with a place on the substitutes bench. Goalkeeper [Brendan Cummins](/wiki/Brendan_Cummins_%28Tipperary_hurler%29 "Brendan Cummins (Tipperary hurler)"), full\-forward [Eoin Kelly](/wiki/Eoin_Kelly_%28Tipperary_hurler%29 "Eoin Kelly (Tipperary hurler)") and right\-corner forward [Lar Corbett](/wiki/Lar_Corbett "Lar Corbett") were the only survivors from the last Tipperary team to play in an All\-Ireland final in [2001](/wiki/2001_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship_Final "2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final").

Kilkenny manager [Brian Cody](/wiki/Brian_Cody "Brian Cody") in naming his team, omitted [2008](/wiki/2008_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship_Final "2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final") All\-Ireland\-winning captain [James "Cha" Fitzpatrick](/wiki/James_%22Cha%22_Fitzpatrick "James ") for the final in favour of [Derek Lyng](/wiki/Derek_Lyng "Derek Lyng"). In total Cody made two personnel changes to the side which beat [Waterford](/wiki/Waterford_GAA "Waterford GAA") in the Semi\-final stage, [Richie Hogan](/wiki/Richie_Hogan "Richie Hogan") also started at right half\-forward, with [Henry Shefflin](/wiki/Henry_Shefflin "Henry Shefflin") moving to centre\-forward, [Martin Comerford](/wiki/Martin_Comerford "Martin Comerford") was the player to drop out of the team. Comerford later revealed he had received advance word of this, but not from management.


What position did Conor O'Mahony lead from?