TEAM NEWS: Armagh and Tyrone select squads ahead of Ulster opener

By Michael McMullan

KIERAN McGeeney and Malachy O’Rourke have named their teams ahead of Sunday’s Ulster Senior Championship opener in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds.

Armagh have listed the same starting 15 from their last league game against Kerry but there are changes on the bench.

Rory Grogan, Andrew Murnin and Barry McCambridge are listed. Conor Turbitt and Oisin O’Neill, used as impact players in recent games, are again named among the subs.

Eight of the Armagh team have started every game of a league campaign that didn’t yield as many points as their performances may have deserved.

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The 2024 All-Ireland champions will go in favourites against A Tyrone team who have struggled for form.

Niall Morgan is named in goals after Oisin O’Kane played the last three league games.

There is a return for Michael McKernan in defence with Frank Burns set for a third start since the start of the league.

Cormac Quinn, Conn Kilpatrick Ronan Cassidy and Mattie Donnelly have started every game so far.

Ruairi Canavan misses out with injury but Darren McCurry is listed for the second time in the starting line up, having started in their defeat against Cork.

The winners will face Fermanagh in the quarter-finals.

ARMAGH
Blaine Hughes
Peter McGrane
Aaron McKay
Paddy Burns
Ross McQuillan
Gareth Murphy
Jarly Óg Burns
Tiernan Kelly
Ben Crealey
Greg McCabe
Darragh McMullen
Tomás McCormack
Cian McConville
Jason Duffy
Oisin Conaty
SUBS
Ethan Rafferty
Barry McCambridge
Joe McElroy
Ryan Duffy
Callum O’Neill (Belleek)
Daniel Magee
Conor Turbitt
Oisin O’Neill
Fergal O’Brien
Rory Grugan
Andrew Murnin

TYRONE
Niall Morgan
Cormac Quinn
Peter Teague
Niall Devlin
Frank Burns
Joey Clarke
Michael McKernan
Brian Kennedy
Conn Kilpatrick
Seanie O’Donnell
Ronan Cassidy
Ben McDonnell
Darren McCurry
Mattie Donnelly
Darragh Canavan
SUBS
Oisin O’Kane
Michael Rafferty
Aidan Clarke
Ben Cullen
Kieran McGeary
Dalaigh Jones
Aodhan Donaghy
Ciarán Daly
Lorcan McGarrity
Eoin McElholm
Ethan Jordan

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