Team news: McCann and Cavanagh start for Tyrone

May 17, 2018

Tyrone's Tiernan McCann celebrates at the final whistle

Tyrone boss Mickey Harte has revealed his starting 15 for Sunday's crunch Ulster senior football championship quarter-final against Monaghan in Omagh.

Tiernan McCann and Colm Cavanagh both return from injury to start at left half-back and centre-field respectively for the Ulster champions, while Trillick's Lee Brennan has also recovered from a recent hamstring injury to take his place at left corner-forward.

Elsewhere, Niall Morgan starts in goal, Ronan McNamee and Frank Burns take up the central positions in defence at full-back and centre-back respectively, with Mattie Donnelly partnering Cavanagh in the centre and Conor McAliskey leading the attack from full-forward.

Throw-in at Healy Park is at 4pm.

Tyrone (Ulster SFC v Monaghan): Niall Morgan; Padraig Hampsey, Ronan McNamee, C McCarron; Tiernan McCann, Frank Burns, Peter Harte; Colm Cavanagh, Mattie Donnelly; Cathal McShane, Niall Sludden, Conor Meyler; Lee Brennan, Conor McAliskey, Mark Bradley.

Stay up-to-date with this weekend's football and hurling championship action on our Match Tracker where we will be bringing live updates and scores from around the grounds.


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