Derry and Armagh unchanged as Ward returns for Monaghan

April 28, 2023

Monaghan's Dessie Ward is tackled by Oisin Mullin of Mayo

Derry and Armagh have named unchanged teams for their Ulster SFC semi-finals against Monaghan and Down respectively.

Midfielder Conor Glass is fit to start for holders Derry after retiring with a hamstring problem in their comfortable quarter-final win over Fermanagh, while Rian O'Neill is included among the subs once again for Armagh after coming off the bench in last Saturday's rain-soaked quarter-final defeat of Cavan.

Meanwhile, Dessie Ward is back in the Monaghan team for tomorrow's meeting with Derry at Healy Park.

Ward made a late substitute appearance in the dramatic quarter-final win over Tyrone after being replaced in the starting line-up by Karl O'Connell, who drops to the bench. Ryan O'Toole is fit to start after limping off just moments after scoring his late winning goal against the Red Hands. 

Derry (SF v Monaghan): O Lynch; C McKaigue, E McEvoy, C McCluskey; C Doherty, G McKinless, P McGrogan; C Glass, B Rogers; Padraig Cassidy, Paul Cassidy, E Doherty; N Toner, S McGuigan, N Loughlin.

Armagh (SF v Down): Armagh: E Rafferty, C O’Neill, A McKay, A Forker, G McCabe, C Mackin, J Burns, B Crealey, S McPartlan, S Campbell, J Hall, J Duffy, R Grugan, A Murnin, C Turbitt. 

Monaghan (SF v Derry): R Beggan; T McPhillips, K Duffy, R O’Toole; C Boyle, D Ward, R Wylie; D Hughes, K Lavelle; S O’Hanlon, M Bannigan, C McCarthy; K Gallagher; J McCarron, C McManus.


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