TEAM NEWS: Wylie starts as Monaghan select squad for crunch Roscommon battle

By Shaun Casey

Ryan Wylie has returned to the starting line up for Monaghan as they host Roscommon in a do or die battle. Whoever loses Saturday’s showdown will exit the championship and see their season come to an end.

Garbiel Bannigan has made one change to the team that lost out to Mayo by the minimum of margins, also at St Tiernach’s Park two weeks ago, with injuries forcing his hand.

Wylie comes in for the injured Ryan McAnespie, who left the fray early on the last day out. Stephen O’Hanlon didn’t feature at all against Andy Moran’s charges, but has been named among the subs, as has McAnespie.

Stephen Mooney and Max Maguire impressed against the Westerners, hitting a goal and a two-pointer respectively and they will hope to provide that extra punch off the bench again if and when required.

The Connacht champions, who lost to Tyrone in the opening round of the All-Ireland series, gained the upper hand over the Farney County during the National League, winning by six-points in the end.

MONAGHAN
Rory Beggan

Ryan Wylie

Killian Lavelle

Dylan Byrne

Dessie Ward

Ryan O’Toole

Conor McCarthy

Michéal McCarville

Karl Gallagher

Aaron Carey

Mícheál Bannigan

Oisin McGorman

Jack McCarron

Andrew Woods

David Garland

SUBS
Kian Mulligan

Fionan Carolan

Robbie Hanratty

Cameron Dowd

Stephen O’Hanlon

Ryan McAnespie

Darragh McElarney

Thomas Hughes

Stephen Mooney

Max Maguire

Tom Doherty