DONEGAL BOSS RORY Gallagher has recalled Neil McGee to his starting line-up for Sunday’s Allianz League trip to Roscommon.
McGee felt unwell on the morning of Donegal’s league opener against Kerry and did not feature, but he has recovered to start at full-back against the Rossies.
In the only other change to his team, Gallagher will give a first league start to Conor Gibbons. The St Eunan’s forward made his first appearance for his county in last week’s three-point defeat to Kerry.
After an opening league loss to Tyrone, Roscommon made three changes for Sunday’s tie as they seek to pick up their first points of this campaign.
John McManus comes into the team at wing-back, Shane Killoran will make his first league start at wing-forward while Fintan Cregg – who chipped in with 0-3 against Tyrone – gets the nod to start at full-forward.
Defender David Murray and forward Ultan Harney are ruled out through injury while Niall Daly drops to the bench.
Throw-in at Dr Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon is 2.30pm.
Donegal
1. Mark Anthony McGinley
2. Caolan Ward
3. Neil McGee
4. Paddy McGrath
5. Eoghan Ban Gallagher
6. Ryan McHugh
7. Paul Brennan
8. Jason McGee
9. Hugh McFadden
10. Ciaran Thompson
11. Martin O’Reilly
12. Conor Gibbons
13. Patrick McBrearty
14. Michael Murphy
15. Jamie Brennan
Roscommon
1. Colm Lavin (Éire Óg)
2. Seanie McDermott (Western Gaels)
3. Thomas Featherston (Oran)
4. Niall McInerney (St Brigid’s)
5. Ronan Stack (St Brigid’s)
6. Sean Mullooly (Strokestown)
7. John McManus (Roscommon Gaels)
8. Kevin Higgins (Western Gaels)
9. Tadgh O’Rourke (Tulsk)
10. Shane Killoran (Elphin)
11. Ciarán Murtagh (Captain) (St Faithleach’s)
12. Enda Smith (Boyle)
13. Donie Smith (Boyle)
14. Fintan Cregg (Elphin)
15. Conor Devaney (Kilbride)
Subs
16. Darren O’Malley (Michael Glaveys)
17. Paddy Brogan (Strokestown)
18. Ciaran Cafferkey (Western Gaels)
19. Cian Connolly (Roscommon Gaels)
20. Tom Corcoran (Strokestown)
21. Hubert Darcy (Padraig Pearses)
22. Niall Daly (Padraig Pearses)
23. Niall Kilroy (Fuerty)
24. Aengus Lyons (Fuerty)
25. Gary Patterson (Michael Glaveys)
26. Brian Stack (St Brigid’s)
Additional reporting by Kevin O’Brien
The42 is on Instagram! Tap the button below on your phone to follow us!
Diageo not give them a dig out.
Oh, that’s right they are as Irish as Michael flately, beejaysus.
Drink local, support local
When people wonder why there are so few players produced in Ireland, this is why.
@Mogh Roith: can you elaborate?
I am from D12, one of soccers heartlands in Dublin, but in 2022.. no sport or club will survive with out a under age set up …James Gate never had this in my day …
@Exiled Dub: agreed. You need a feeder of some sort..expecting to pick off the best players once they move on from underage is not a viable strategy
Should serve as a warning to a few once big sides. If they don’t partner up with a schoolboy section they risk going defunct in a few short years. There are a few LSL sides that have a great history but are on their last legs.
And partnerships have to work both ways so they need to be bringing something to the table.
There are too many clubs in city’s and the country in general , if a guy can’t get a game with a club he will leave , he is not prepared to fight for his place anymore , this is just one problem . Also the standard of schoolboy player coming through is not of a standard to push for a place in a decent side , and if they are ? Then the academy’s will snap them up and promise them Loi football . These are only two problems outside of the obvious ones , which I won’t go into here .